How To Install node-mgrs on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-mgrs on Debian 9.
What is node-mgrs
node-mgrs is:
mgrs is a utility for converting between WGS84 lat/lng and MGRS coordinates, spunoff from proj4js.
It has 3 methods:
- forward, takes an array of [lon,lat] and optional accuracy and returns an mgrs string
- inverse, takes an mgrs string and returns a bbox
- toPoint, takes an mgrs string, returns an array of ‘[lon,lat]’
This package contains the mgrs module for Node.js.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-mgrs 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-mgrs 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-mgrs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-mgrs
Install node-mgrs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-mgrs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-mgrs
Install node-mgrs 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-mgrs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-mgrs
How To Uninstall node-mgrs on Debian 9
To uninstall only the node-mgrs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-mgrs
Uninstall node-mgrs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-mgrs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-mgrs
Remove node-mgrs Configurations and Data
To remove node-mgrs configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-mgrs
Remove node-mgrs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-mgrs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-mgrs
Dependencies
node-mgrs have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-mgrs package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
