How To Install node-private on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-private on Debian 11. node-private is Utility for associating truly private state with any JavaScript object

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-private on Debian 11.

What is node-private

node-private is:

A general-purpose utility for associating truly private state with any JavaScript object : only code that has references both to the object and an associated getSecret object can access to the private state.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-private

Install node-private Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-private

Install node-private 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-private using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-private

How To Uninstall node-private on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove node-private

Uninstall node-private And Its Dependencies

To uninstall node-private and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-private

Remove node-private Configurations and Data

To remove node-private configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge node-private

Remove node-private configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-private

Dependencies

node-private have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-private package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.