How to Install and Uninstall nodejs-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 20,2024

1. Install "nodejs-dev" package

Please follow the instructions below to install nodejs-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall nodejs-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                nodejs-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the nodejs-dev package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: nodejs-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 4.2.6~dfsg-1ubuntu4.2
Priority: extra
Section: universe/devel
Source: nodejs
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Javascript Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 1055
Depends: python, libssl-dev (>= 1.0.0g), libuv1-dev, ca-certificates, nodejs (= 4.2.6~dfsg-1ubuntu4.2)
Suggests: debhelper
Filename: pool/universe/n/nodejs/nodejs-dev_4.2.6~dfsg-1ubuntu4.2_amd64.deb
Size: 265352
MD5sum: 3964a72dcccfde5a075000684fbb6bda
SHA1: be4a20ea343f96ce565932d71a165b51f1f46f82
SHA256: 52aa53fd0df0ca89c35e8df8d4be1cdb78b625d0711d9e96e08300754957eb0e
SHA512: 516ecb0625eb1215324a517dc3266588c3072dc14224fb893b863bf09cb09287b2fd1c756e7f5b50d8410e0434b4a379a0c0b7779a7f56c633003bbaae518b2a
Homepage: http://nodejs.org/
Description-en: evented I/O for V8 javascript (development files)
Node.js is a platform built on Chrome's JavaScript runtime for easily
building fast, scalable network applications. Node.js uses an
event-driven, non-blocking I/O model that makes it lightweight and
efficient, perfect for data-intensive real-time applications that run
across distributed devices.
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This package is needed to build plugins.
Description-md5: 80f21f18dc84266acebc6380c27c1a79

Package: nodejs-dev
Priority: extra
Section: universe/devel
Installed-Size: 1054
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Javascript Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Source: nodejs
Version: 4.2.6~dfsg-1ubuntu4
Depends: python, libssl-dev (>= 1.0.0g), libuv1-dev, ca-certificates, nodejs (= 4.2.6~dfsg-1ubuntu4)
Suggests: debhelper
Filename: pool/universe/n/nodejs/nodejs-dev_4.2.6~dfsg-1ubuntu4_amd64.deb
Size: 264658
MD5sum: 70e19bb4d63bce9e1674ecf87e129afc
SHA1: 0b26ca45db4ed816b2a281531168307fb1ce64cf
SHA256: 2cd8e4cb397001e97a44d30e9b50fdf202d71385b62e4ea224a528fa077acad9
Description-en: evented I/O for V8 javascript (development files)
Node.js is a platform built on Chrome's JavaScript runtime for easily
building fast, scalable network applications. Node.js uses an
event-driven, non-blocking I/O model that makes it lightweight and
efficient, perfect for data-intensive real-time applications that run
across distributed devices.
.
This package is needed to build plugins.
Description-md5: 80f21f18dc84266acebc6380c27c1a79
Homepage: http://nodejs.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu