How To Install node-async on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-async on Debian 12.
What is node-async
node-async is:
Async is a utility module which provides straight-forward, powerful functions for working with asynchronous Javascript.
Async provides around 20 functions that include the usual ‘functional’ suspects (map, reduce, filter, forEach??) as well as some common patterns for asynchronous control flow (parallel, series, waterfall??). All these functions assume you follow the Node convention of providing a single callback as the last argument of your async function.
This provides async for use with Node.js - an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-async on Debian 12. 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-async 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-async using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-async
Install node-async Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-async using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-async
Install node-async 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-async using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-async
How To Uninstall node-async on Debian 12
To uninstall only the node-async package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-async
Uninstall node-async And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-async and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-async
Remove node-async Configurations and Data
To remove node-async configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-async
Remove node-async configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-async configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-async
Dependencies
node-async have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-async package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
