How To Install grunt on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install grunt on Debian 9.
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 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 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 9
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 9, 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 9 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:
- nodejs
- coffeescript
- node-dateformat
- node-eventemitter2
- node-exit
- node-findup-sync
- node-glob
- node-grunt-cli
- node-grunt-known-options
- node-grunt-legacy-log
- node-grunt-legacy-util
- node-iconv-lite
- node-js-yaml
- node-minimatch
- node-nopt
- node-path-is-absolute
- node-rimraf
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install grunt package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.