How To Install node-cross-spawn on Debian 9

Introduction

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

What is node-cross-spawn

node-cross-spawn is:

Cross-spawn is a drop-in replacement for nodejs’s spawn which does not have full support on all platforms. Cross-spawn is a thin wrapper around child_process.spawn which provides restarts.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-cross-spawn

Install node-cross-spawn Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-cross-spawn

Install node-cross-spawn 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-cross-spawn using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-cross-spawn

How To Uninstall node-cross-spawn on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove node-cross-spawn

Uninstall node-cross-spawn And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-cross-spawn

Remove node-cross-spawn Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-cross-spawn

Remove node-cross-spawn configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-cross-spawn

Dependencies

node-cross-spawn have the following dependencies:

• nodejs
• node-cross-spawn-async

References

• node-cross-spawn website

Summary

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