How To Install nodejs-mozilla on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install nodejs-mozilla on Debian 9. nodejs-mozilla is evented I/O for V8 javascript - runtime executable

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nodejs-mozilla on Debian 9.

What is nodejs-mozilla

nodejs-mozilla 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.

Node.js is bundled with several useful libraries to handle server tasks:

System, Events, Standard I/O, Modules, Timers, Child Processes, POSIX, HTTP, Multipart Parsing, TCP, DNS, Assert, Path, URL, Query Strings.

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

sudo apt-get -y install nodejs-mozilla

Install nodejs-mozilla Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install nodejs-mozilla

Install nodejs-mozilla 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-mozilla using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nodejs-mozilla

How To Uninstall nodejs-mozilla on Debian 9

To uninstall only the nodejs-mozilla package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove nodejs-mozilla

Uninstall nodejs-mozilla And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nodejs-mozilla

Remove nodejs-mozilla Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge nodejs-mozilla

Remove nodejs-mozilla configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nodejs-mozilla

Dependencies

nodejs-mozilla have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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