How To Install node-detect-file on Debian 12

Learn how to install node-detect-file on Debian 12 with this tutorial. node-detect-file is Detect if a filepath exists and resolves the full filepath

Introduction

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

What is node-detect-file

node-detect-file is:

Node.js module to detect if a file exists and return the resolved filepath.

Uses a breadth-first search, when necessary, to resolve the file path using the correct casing, and verify that the file actually exists. Returns consistent results regardless of case sensitivity of the file path and/or operating system.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-detect-file

Install node-detect-file Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-detect-file

Install node-detect-file 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-detect-file using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-detect-file

How To Uninstall node-detect-file on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove node-detect-file

Uninstall node-detect-file And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-detect-file

Remove node-detect-file Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-detect-file

Remove node-detect-file configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-detect-file

Dependencies

node-detect-file have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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