How To Install node-bytes on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-bytes on Debian 9. node-bytes is Byte string parser and formatter - Node.js module

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-bytes on Debian 9.

What is node-bytes

node-bytes is:

This module parses strings representing an amount of bytes, like 1kb, 2mb, 1gb; and inversely converts positive integers to a readable format representing an amount of bytes. It is useful for parsing or writing log files.

Node.js is an event-based server-side javascript engine.

There are three methods to install node-bytes 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-bytes 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-bytes using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install node-bytes

Install node-bytes Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-bytes

Install node-bytes 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-bytes using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-bytes

How To Uninstall node-bytes on Debian 9

To uninstall only the node-bytes package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove node-bytes

Uninstall node-bytes And Its Dependencies

To uninstall node-bytes and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-bytes

Remove node-bytes Configurations and Data

To remove node-bytes configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge node-bytes

Remove node-bytes configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-bytes

Dependencies

node-bytes have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-bytes package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.