How To Install node-date-now on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-date-now on Debian 12.
What is node-date-now
node-date-now is:
Use-case is to be able to mock out Date.now() using require interception. For example var now = require(“date-now”) var ts = now() var ts2 = Date.now() assert.equal(ts, ts2) Example of seed: var now = require(“date-now/seed”)(timeStampFromServer) // ts is in “sync” with the seed value from the server // useful if your users have their local time being a few minutes // out of your server time. var ts = now()
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-date-now 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-date-now 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-date-now using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-date-now
Install node-date-now Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-date-now using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-date-now
Install node-date-now 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-date-now using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-date-now
How To Uninstall node-date-now on Debian 12
To uninstall only the node-date-now package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-date-now
Uninstall node-date-now And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-date-now and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-date-now
Remove node-date-now Configurations and Data
To remove node-date-now configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-date-now
Remove node-date-now configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-date-now configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-date-now
Dependencies
node-date-now have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-date-now package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
