How To Install grunt on Debian 10

Learn how to install grunt on Debian 10 with this tutorial. grunt is JavaScript task runner/build system/maintainer tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install grunt on Debian 10.

What is grunt

grunt is:

GRUNT automates several tasks related to maintaining a JavaScript library or framework. It can be used for JS code minification, unit testing, code checking, and several other tasks.

There are three methods to install grunt 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 grunt Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install grunt

Install grunt Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install grunt using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install grunt

Install grunt 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 grunt using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install grunt

How To Uninstall grunt on Debian 10

To uninstall only the grunt package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove grunt

Uninstall grunt And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove grunt

Remove grunt Configurations and Data

To remove grunt configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge grunt

Remove grunt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge grunt

Dependencies

grunt have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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