How To Install node-follow-redirects on Debian 10

Learn how to install node-follow-redirects on Debian 10 with this tutorial. node-follow-redirects is HTTP and HTTPS modules that follow redirects

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-follow-redirects on Debian 10.

What is node-follow-redirects

node-follow-redirects is:

Drop-in replacement for Nodes http and https that automatically follows redirects.

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

There are three methods to install node-follow-redirects 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-follow-redirects 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-follow-redirects using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install node-follow-redirects

Install node-follow-redirects Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-follow-redirects

Install node-follow-redirects 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-follow-redirects using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-follow-redirects

How To Uninstall node-follow-redirects on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove node-follow-redirects

Uninstall node-follow-redirects And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-follow-redirects

Remove node-follow-redirects Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-follow-redirects

Remove node-follow-redirects configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-follow-redirects

Dependencies

node-follow-redirects have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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