How To Install nodejs-legacy on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nodejs-legacy on Debian 9.
What is nodejs-legacy
nodejs-legacy is:
Node.js is a platform built on Chrome’s JavaScript runtime for easily building fast, scalable network applications. Node.js uses an event-driven, non-blocking I/O model that makes it lightweight and efficient, perfect for data-intensive real-time applications that run across distributed devices.
This package contains a symlink for legacy Node.js code requiring binary to be /usr/bin/node (not /usr/bin/nodejs as provided in Debian).
No other Debian packages should depend on this package. For more information, see http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel-announce/2012/07/msg00002.html
There are three methods to install nodejs-legacy 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 nodejs-legacy Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nodejs-legacy using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nodejs-legacy
Install nodejs-legacy Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nodejs-legacy using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nodejs-legacy
Install nodejs-legacy 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 nodejs-legacy using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nodejs-legacy
How To Uninstall nodejs-legacy on Debian 9
To uninstall only the nodejs-legacy package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nodejs-legacy
Uninstall nodejs-legacy And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nodejs-legacy and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nodejs-legacy
Remove nodejs-legacy Configurations and Data
To remove nodejs-legacy configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nodejs-legacy
Remove nodejs-legacy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nodejs-legacy configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nodejs-legacy
Dependencies
nodejs-legacy have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nodejs-legacy package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
