How To Install coffeescript on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install coffeescript on Debian 9.
What is coffeescript
coffeescript is:
CoffeeScript is a little language that compiles into JavaScript. Underneath all of those embarrassing braces and semicolons, JavaScript has always had a gorgeous object model at its heart. CoffeeScript is an attempt to expose the good parts of JavaScript in a simple way.
The golden rule of CoffeeScript is: “It’s just JavaScript”. The code compiles one-to-one into the equivalent JS, and there is no interpretation at runtime. You can use any existing JavaScript library seamlessly (and vice-versa). The compiled output is readable and pretty-printed, passes through JavaScript Lint without warnings, will work in every JavaScript implementation, and tends to run as fast or faster than the equivalent handwritten JavaScript.
The “cake” executable is provided as “cake.coffeescript” to peacefully coexist with cakephp.
There are three methods to install coffeescript 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 coffeescript Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install coffeescript using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install coffeescript
Install coffeescript Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install coffeescript using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install coffeescript
Install coffeescript 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 coffeescript using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install coffeescript
How To Uninstall coffeescript on Debian 9
To uninstall only the coffeescript package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove coffeescript
Uninstall coffeescript And Its Dependencies
To uninstall coffeescript and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove coffeescript
Remove coffeescript Configurations and Data
To remove coffeescript configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge coffeescript
Remove coffeescript configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove coffeescript configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge coffeescript
Dependencies
coffeescript have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install coffeescript package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.