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:
References
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.