How To Install node-dtrace-provider on Debian 12

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-dtrace-provider on Debian 12.

What is node-dtrace-provider

node-dtrace-provider is:

This extension allows you to create native DTrace providers for your Node.js applications.

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

Its a dependency of node-ldapjs

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-dtrace-provider

Install node-dtrace-provider Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-dtrace-provider

Install node-dtrace-provider 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-dtrace-provider using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-dtrace-provider

How To Uninstall node-dtrace-provider on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove node-dtrace-provider

Uninstall node-dtrace-provider And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-dtrace-provider

Remove node-dtrace-provider Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-dtrace-provider

Remove node-dtrace-provider configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-dtrace-provider

Dependencies

node-dtrace-provider have the following dependencies:

• nodejs
• node-nan

References

• node-dtrace-provider website
• node-dtrace-provider on packages.debian.org

Summary

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