How To Install node-process on Debian 10

Learn how to install node-process on Debian 10 with this tutorial. node-process is process information for node.js and browsers

Introduction

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

What is node-process

node-process is:

Works in node.js and browsers via the browser.js shim provided with the module.

The goal of this module is not to be a full-fledged alternative to the builtin process module. This module mostly exists to provide the nextTick functionality and little more. We keep this module lean because it will often be included by default by tools like browserify when it detects a module has used the process global.

It also exposes a “browser” member (i.e. process.browser) which is true in this implementation but undefined in node. This can be used in isomorphic code that adjusts it’s behavior depending on which environment it’s running in.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-process

Install node-process Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-process

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

sudo aptitude -y install node-process

How To Uninstall node-process on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove node-process

Uninstall node-process And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-process

Remove node-process Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-process

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

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

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

Dependencies

node-process have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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