How To Install node-loose-envify on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-loose-envify on Debian 9. node-loose-envify is Replace Node.js environment variables with plain strings

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-loose-envify on Debian 9.

What is node-loose-envify

node-loose-envify is:

Performs a Javascript source-to-source transformation (transpiling), that efficiently replaces process.env environment variables with plain strings. This makes the environment variable checks faster and easier to optimize out.

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

There are three methods to install node-loose-envify on Debian 9. 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-loose-envify 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-loose-envify using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install node-loose-envify

Install node-loose-envify Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-loose-envify

Install node-loose-envify 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-loose-envify using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-loose-envify

How To Uninstall node-loose-envify on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove node-loose-envify

Uninstall node-loose-envify And Its Dependencies

To uninstall node-loose-envify and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-loose-envify

Remove node-loose-envify Configurations and Data

To remove node-loose-envify configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge node-loose-envify

Remove node-loose-envify configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-loose-envify

Dependencies

node-loose-envify have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-loose-envify package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.