How To Install node-bindings on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-bindings on Debian 9.
What is node-bindings
node-bindings is:
Throughout the course of Node.js’s native addon history, addons have ended up being compiled in a variety of different places, depending on which build tool and which version of Node.js was used. In addition, the gyp build tool can produce either a Release or Debug build, each being built into different locations.
This module checks all the possible locations that a native addon would be built at, and returns the first one that loads successfully.
In Debian, addons are always built in the same place - in the Release directory. This module allows upstream code to remain unchanged regardless of the environment it is built in.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-bindings 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-bindings 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-bindings using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-bindings
Install node-bindings Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-bindings using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-bindings
Install node-bindings 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-bindings using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-bindings
How To Uninstall node-bindings on Debian 9
To uninstall only the node-bindings package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-bindings
Uninstall node-bindings And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-bindings and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-bindings
Remove node-bindings Configurations and Data
To remove node-bindings configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-bindings
Remove node-bindings configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-bindings configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-bindings
Dependencies
node-bindings have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-bindings package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.