How To Install node-cookies on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-cookies on Debian 9. node-cookies is Cookies, optionally signed using Keygrip - Node.js module

Introduction

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

What is node-cookies

node-cookies is:

Cookies is a Node.js module for getting and setting HTTP(S) cookies. Cookies can be signed to prevent tampering, using Keygrip. It can be used with the built-in node.js HTTP library, or as Connect/Express middleware.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-cookies

Install node-cookies Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-cookies

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

sudo aptitude -y install node-cookies

How To Uninstall node-cookies on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove node-cookies

Uninstall node-cookies And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-cookies

Remove node-cookies Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-cookies

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

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

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

Dependencies

node-cookies have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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