How To Install node-uid-safe on Debian 10

Learn how to install node-uid-safe on Debian 10 with this tutorial. node-uid-safe is UID generator for cookie and URL

Introduction

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

What is node-uid-safe

node-uid-safe is:

This Node.js module provides a generator to create cryptographically secure UIDs safe for both cookie and URL usage.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-uid-safe

Install node-uid-safe Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-uid-safe

Install node-uid-safe 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-uid-safe using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-uid-safe

How To Uninstall node-uid-safe on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove node-uid-safe

Uninstall node-uid-safe And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-uid-safe

Remove node-uid-safe Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-uid-safe

Remove node-uid-safe configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-uid-safe

Dependencies

node-uid-safe have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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