How To Install node-ejs on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-ejs on Debian 12.
What is node-ejs
node-ejs is:
This module provides embedded JavaScript templates, like
- Control flow with <% %>
- Escaped output with <%= %> (escape function configurable)
- Unescaped raw output with <%- %>
- Newline-trim mode (’newline slurping’) with -%> ending tag
- Whitespace-trim mode (slurp all whitespace) for control flow with <%_ _%>
- Custom delimiters (e.g., use instead of <% %>)
- Includes
- Client-side support
- Static caching of intermediate JavaScript
- Static caching of templates
- Complies with the Express view system
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-ejs 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-ejs 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-ejs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-ejs
Install node-ejs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-ejs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-ejs
Install node-ejs 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-ejs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-ejs
How To Uninstall node-ejs on Debian 12
To uninstall only the node-ejs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-ejs
Uninstall node-ejs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-ejs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-ejs
Remove node-ejs Configurations and Data
To remove node-ejs configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-ejs
Remove node-ejs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-ejs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-ejs
Dependencies
node-ejs have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-ejs package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
