How To Install node-stylus on Debian 10

Learn how to install node-stylus on Debian 10 with this tutorial. node-stylus is Robust, expressive, and feature-rich CSS superset - Node.js module

Introduction

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

What is node-stylus

node-stylus is:

Stylus is a language which provides an efficient, dynamic, and expressive way to generate CSS. It supports both an indented syntax and regular CSS style.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-stylus

Install node-stylus Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-stylus

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

sudo aptitude -y install node-stylus

How To Uninstall node-stylus on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove node-stylus

Uninstall node-stylus And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-stylus

Remove node-stylus Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-stylus

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

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

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

Dependencies

node-stylus have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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