How to Install and Uninstall nodejs Package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "nodejs" package

Learn how to install nodejs on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                nodejs
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "nodejs" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall nodejs on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                nodejs
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the nodejs package on Ubuntu 23.10 (Mantic Minotaur)

Package: nodejs
Architecture: amd64
Version: 18.13.0+dfsg1-1ubuntu2
Multi-Arch: allowed
Priority: extra
Section: universe/web
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Javascript Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 3708
Provides: node-types-node (= 18.11.18~18.13.0+dfsg1-1ubuntu2)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libnode108 (= 18.13.0+dfsg1-1ubuntu2)
Recommends: ca-certificates, nodejs-doc
Suggests: npm
Conflicts: nodejs-legacy
Breaks: libnode72 (<< 13), libnode83 (<< 16.13.2+really14.19.1~dfsg~), node-babel-runtime (<< 7), node-jest (<< 29~), node-typescript-types (<< 20210110~)
Replaces: libnode72 (<< 13), libnode83 (<< 16.13.2+really14.19.1~dfsg~), nodejs-legacy
Filename: pool/universe/n/nodejs/nodejs_18.13.0+dfsg1-1ubuntu2_amd64.deb
Size: 293692
MD5sum: e1b013b9896049ad40beb725165ff915
SHA1: a1aab50abce793f266a30dc21503a829c5a3e145
SHA256: 890e2f6a653dd80b38f9c306b294168919f3c6b60f0b1c4395e0c1f4c61ba73b
SHA512: 45e859d660e2f84a3ae867bb4e8426d4b2bffd8b85b331fc25219639e195de3408b094af20e0fe997f94e1c723a5db0bf794616924fcf06445bb7d941d4c4ad4
Homepage: https://nodejs.org/
Description: evented I/O for V8 javascript - runtime executable
Description-md5: 0d0bbaed314d7d26588d112ee4ede074