How To Install node-generic-pool on Debian 10

Learn how to install node-generic-pool on Debian 10 with this tutorial. node-generic-pool is generic resource pooling for Node.js

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-generic-pool on Debian 10.

What is node-generic-pool

node-generic-pool is:

generic-pool is a generic resource pooling for Node.js. It can be used to reuse or throttle expensive resources such as database connections.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-generic-pool

Install node-generic-pool Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-generic-pool

Install node-generic-pool 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-generic-pool using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-generic-pool

How To Uninstall node-generic-pool on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove node-generic-pool

Uninstall node-generic-pool And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-generic-pool

Remove node-generic-pool Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-generic-pool

Remove node-generic-pool configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-generic-pool

Dependencies

node-generic-pool have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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