How To Install node-cacache on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-cacache on Debian 12.
What is node-cacache
node-cacache is:
This module is a Node.js library for managing local key and content address caches. It’s really fast, really good at concurrency, and it will never give you corrupted data, even if cache files get corrupted or manipulated.
It was originally written to be used as npm’s local cache, but can just as easily be used on its own.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-cacache 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-cacache 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-cacache using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-cacache
Install node-cacache Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-cacache using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-cacache
Install node-cacache 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-cacache using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-cacache
How To Uninstall node-cacache on Debian 12
To uninstall only the node-cacache package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-cacache
Uninstall node-cacache And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-cacache and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-cacache
Remove node-cacache Configurations and Data
To remove node-cacache configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-cacache
Remove node-cacache configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-cacache configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-cacache
Dependencies
node-cacache have the following dependencies:
- node-chownr
- node-glob
- node-graceful-fs
- node-lru-cache
- node-minipass
- node-mkdirp
- node-move-concurrently
- node-p-map
- node-promise-inflight
- node-rimraf
- node-semver
- node-ssri
- node-unique-filename
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-cacache package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
