How To Install node-buffer on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-buffer on Debian 10.
What is node-buffer
node-buffer is:
node-buffer is a port of well known buffer API of nodejs to browser context.
Using require(‘buffer’)or theBuffer` global variable will allow
browserify program to include automatically this module on your code.
Thus any npm module using buffer features will work in the browser.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-buffer 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 node-buffer 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-buffer using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-buffer
Install node-buffer Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-buffer using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-buffer
Install node-buffer 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-buffer using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-buffer
How To Uninstall node-buffer on Debian 10
To uninstall only the node-buffer package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-buffer
Uninstall node-buffer And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-buffer and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-buffer
Remove node-buffer Configurations and Data
To remove node-buffer configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-buffer
Remove node-buffer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-buffer configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-buffer
Dependencies
node-buffer have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-buffer package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.