How To Install libnode64 on Debian 10

Learn how to install libnode64 on Debian 10 with this tutorial. libnode64 is evented I/O for V8 javascript - runtime library

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnode64 on Debian 10.

What is libnode64

libnode64 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.

This package provides the dynamic library for Node.js.

There are three methods to install libnode64 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 libnode64 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libnode64 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libnode64

Install libnode64 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libnode64 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libnode64

Install libnode64 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 libnode64 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libnode64

How To Uninstall libnode64 on Debian 10

To uninstall only the libnode64 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libnode64

Uninstall libnode64 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libnode64 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnode64

Remove libnode64 Configurations and Data

To remove libnode64 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libnode64

Remove libnode64 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libnode64 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnode64

Dependencies

libnode64 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnode64 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.