How To Install node-tmatch on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-tmatch on Debian 9. node-tmatch is Match an object against a pattern object - Node.js module

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-tmatch on Debian 9.

What is node-tmatch

node-tmatch is:

This module checks weter a value matches a given pattern. A pattern is an object with a set of fields that must be in the test object, or a regular expression that a test string must match, or any combination thereof.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-tmatch

Install node-tmatch Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-tmatch

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

sudo aptitude -y install node-tmatch

How To Uninstall node-tmatch on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove node-tmatch

Uninstall node-tmatch And Its Dependencies

To uninstall node-tmatch and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-tmatch

Remove node-tmatch Configurations and Data

To remove node-tmatch configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge node-tmatch

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

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

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

Dependencies

node-tmatch have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-tmatch package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.