How To Install node-debug on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-debug on Debian 9.
What is node-debug
node-debug is:
node-debug provides a small debugging utility for Node.js modules.
With this module you simply invoke the exported function to generate your debug function, passing it a name which will determine if a noop function is returned, or a decorated console.error, so all of the console format string goodies you’re used to work fine. A unique color is selected per-function for visibility.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-debug 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-debug 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-debug using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-debug
Install node-debug Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-debug using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-debug
Install node-debug 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-debug using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-debug
How To Uninstall node-debug on Debian 9
To uninstall only the node-debug package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-debug
Uninstall node-debug And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-debug and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-debug
Remove node-debug Configurations and Data
To remove node-debug configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-debug
Remove node-debug configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-debug configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-debug
Dependencies
node-debug have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-debug package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.