How To Install libjs-bignumber on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libjs-bignumber on Debian 9.

What is libjs-bignumber

libjs-bignumber is:

Features:

- Faster, smaller, and perhaps easier to use than Javascript versions of
  Java's BigDecimal
- 5 KB minified and gzipped
- Simple API but full-featured
- Works with numbers with or without fraction digits in bases from 2 to 36
  inclusive
- Replicates the toExponential, toFixed, toPrecision and toString methods of
  Javascript's Number type
- Includes a toFraction and a squareRoot method
- Stores values in an accessible decimal floating point format
- No dependencies
- Comprehensive documentation and test set

If an even smaller and simpler library is required see big.js. It’s half the size but only works with decimal numbers and only has half the methods. It neither allows NaN or Infinity, or have the configuration options of this library.

This package provides bignumber support to clients (i.e. browsers).

There are three methods to install libjs-bignumber 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 libjs-bignumber Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libjs-bignumber

Install libjs-bignumber Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libjs-bignumber

Install libjs-bignumber 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 libjs-bignumber using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libjs-bignumber

How To Uninstall libjs-bignumber on Debian 9

To uninstall only the libjs-bignumber package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libjs-bignumber

Uninstall libjs-bignumber And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libjs-bignumber

Remove libjs-bignumber Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libjs-bignumber

Remove libjs-bignumber configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libjs-bignumber

Dependencies

libjs-bignumber have the following dependencies:

References

• libjs-bignumber website

Summary

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