How To Install node-fs-extra on Debian 10

Learn how to install node-fs-extra on Debian 10 with this tutorial. node-fs-extra is fs-extra contains methods not included in the Node.js fs module

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-fs-extra on Debian 10.

What is node-fs-extra

node-fs-extra is:

The fs-extra Node.js module adds a few extra file system methods that aren’t included in the native fs module. It is a drop in replacement for fs.

The module implements common filesystem operations such as copy(), move(), mkdirs(), remove(), and specific read/write operations like readFile() & outputFile() and readJson() & outputJson().

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-fs-extra

Install node-fs-extra Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-fs-extra

Install node-fs-extra 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-fs-extra using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-fs-extra

How To Uninstall node-fs-extra on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove node-fs-extra

Uninstall node-fs-extra And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-fs-extra

Remove node-fs-extra Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-fs-extra

Remove node-fs-extra configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-fs-extra

Dependencies

node-fs-extra have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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