How To Install node-entities on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-entities on Debian 9.

What is node-entities

node-entities is:

node-entities encodes and decodes three selectable levels of entities: XML, HTML4, HTML5.

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-entities

Install node-entities Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-entities

Install node-entities 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-entities using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-entities

How To Uninstall node-entities on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove node-entities

Uninstall node-entities And Its Dependencies

To uninstall node-entities and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-entities

Remove node-entities Configurations and Data

To remove node-entities configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge node-entities

Remove node-entities configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-entities

Dependencies

node-entities have the following dependencies:

• nodejs

References

• node-entities website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-entities package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.