How To Install node-passport-oauth on Debian 10

Learn how to install node-passport-oauth on Debian 10 with this tutorial. node-passport-oauth is simple, unobtrusive authentication system for Node.js - OAuth strategy

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-passport-oauth on Debian 10.

What is node-passport-oauth

node-passport-oauth is:

Passport is an authentication middleware for Node.js. Extremely flexible and modular, Passport can be unobtrusively dropped in to any Connect/Express-based web application.

It provides a comprehensive set of authentication systems: using a username and password, social networks credentials, OpenID, and more.

This package provide the OAuth authentication strategy.

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-passport-oauth

Install node-passport-oauth Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-passport-oauth

Install node-passport-oauth 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-passport-oauth using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-passport-oauth

How To Uninstall node-passport-oauth on Debian 10

To uninstall only the node-passport-oauth package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove node-passport-oauth

Uninstall node-passport-oauth And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-passport-oauth

Remove node-passport-oauth Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-passport-oauth

Remove node-passport-oauth configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-passport-oauth

Dependencies

node-passport-oauth have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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