How To Install node-columnify on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-columnify on Debian 11.
What is node-columnify
node-columnify is:
Create text-based columns suitable for console output from objects or arrays of objects.
Columns are automatically resized to fit the content of the largest cell. Each cell will be padded with spaces to fill the available space and ensure column contents are left-aligned.
Designed to handle sensible wrapping in npm search results.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-columnify on Debian 11. 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-columnify 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-columnify using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-columnify
Install node-columnify Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-columnify using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-columnify
Install node-columnify 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-columnify using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-columnify
How To Uninstall node-columnify on Debian 11
To uninstall only the node-columnify package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-columnify
Uninstall node-columnify And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-columnify and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-columnify
Remove node-columnify Configurations and Data
To remove node-columnify configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-columnify
Remove node-columnify configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-columnify configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-columnify
Dependencies
node-columnify have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-columnify package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.