How To Install node-mermaid on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-mermaid on Debian 11.
What is node-mermaid
node-mermaid is:
sequence diagrams, class diagrams, gantt charts and git graphs.
It can help visualize flowcharts, diagrams, ganttcharts and git charts can be scripted in a markdown syntax, with a varitety of different symbols and chart types available. Since the diagram source is text based, it can be part of production scipts.
Automates the diagram generation instead of making it manually.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-mermaid on Debian 11. 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-mermaid 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-mermaid using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-mermaid
Install node-mermaid Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-mermaid using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-mermaid
Install node-mermaid 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-mermaid using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-mermaid
How To Uninstall node-mermaid on Debian 11
To uninstall only the node-mermaid package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-mermaid
Uninstall node-mermaid And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-mermaid and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-mermaid
Remove node-mermaid Configurations and Data
To remove node-mermaid configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-mermaid
Remove node-mermaid configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-mermaid configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-mermaid
Dependencies
node-mermaid have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-mermaid package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
