How To Install node-elliptic on Debian 12

Learn how to install node-elliptic on Debian 12 with this tutorial. node-elliptic is fast elliptic curve cryptography in pure javascript

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-elliptic on Debian 12.

What is node-elliptic

node-elliptic is:

Fast elliptic-curve cryptography in a plain javascript implementation.

Incentive for Elliptic: ECC (another library with comparable features) is much slower than regular RSA cryptography, the JS implementations are even more slower.

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

There are three methods to install node-elliptic on Debian 12. 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-elliptic 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-elliptic using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install node-elliptic

Install node-elliptic Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-elliptic

Install node-elliptic 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-elliptic using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-elliptic

How To Uninstall node-elliptic on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove node-elliptic

Uninstall node-elliptic And Its Dependencies

To uninstall node-elliptic and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-elliptic

Remove node-elliptic Configurations and Data

To remove node-elliptic configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge node-elliptic

Remove node-elliptic configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-elliptic

Dependencies

node-elliptic have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-elliptic package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.