How To Install node-config on Debian 12

Learn how to install node-config on Debian 12 with this tutorial. node-config is configuration control for production Node deployments

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-config on Debian 12.

What is node-config

node-config is:

Node-config organizes hierarchical configurations for application deployments.

It allows defining a set of default parameters, and extend them for different deployment environments (development, qa, staging, production, etc.).

Configurations are stored in configuration files within an application, and can be overridden and extended by environment variables, command line parameters, or external sources.

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-config

Install node-config Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-config

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

sudo aptitude -y install node-config

How To Uninstall node-config on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove node-config

Uninstall node-config And Its Dependencies

To uninstall node-config and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-config

Remove node-config Configurations and Data

To remove node-config configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge node-config

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

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

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

Dependencies

node-config have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-config package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.