How To Install node-ansi-font on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-ansi-font on Debian 9.
What is node-ansi-font
node-ansi-font is:
ANSI escape codes (or escape sequences) are a method using in-band signaling to control the formatting, color, and other output options on video text terminals.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-ansi-font 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 node-ansi-font Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install node-ansi-font using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-ansi-font
Install node-ansi-font Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-ansi-font using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-ansi-font
Install node-ansi-font 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 node-ansi-font using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-ansi-font
How To Uninstall node-ansi-font on Debian 9
To uninstall only the node-ansi-font package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-ansi-font
Uninstall node-ansi-font And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-ansi-font and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-ansi-font
Remove node-ansi-font Configurations and Data
To remove node-ansi-font configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-ansi-font
Remove node-ansi-font configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-ansi-font configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-ansi-font
Dependencies
node-ansi-font have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-ansi-font package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.