How To Install node-compare-versions on Debian 10

Learn how to install node-compare-versions on Debian 10 with this tutorial. node-compare-versions is Version string comparison for Node.js

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-compare-versions on Debian 10.

What is node-compare-versions

node-compare-versions is:

This package provides a comparison function for version strings following the semver specification.

Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.

There are three methods to install node-compare-versions on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install node-compare-versions Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install node-compare-versions using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install node-compare-versions

Install node-compare-versions Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install node-compare-versions using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install node-compare-versions

Install node-compare-versions Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install node-compare-versions using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-compare-versions

How To Uninstall node-compare-versions on Debian 10

To uninstall only the node-compare-versions package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove node-compare-versions

Uninstall node-compare-versions And Its Dependencies

To uninstall node-compare-versions and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-compare-versions

Remove node-compare-versions Configurations and Data

To remove node-compare-versions configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge node-compare-versions

Remove node-compare-versions configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove node-compare-versions configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-compare-versions

Dependencies

node-compare-versions have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-compare-versions package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.