How To Install node-esprima on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-esprima on Debian 11. node-esprima is ECMAScript parsing infrastructure for multipurpose analysis

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-esprima on Debian 11.

What is node-esprima

node-esprima is:

Esprima is a high-performance and standard-compliant parser for ECMAScript written in ECMAScript.

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

There are three methods to install node-esprima on Debian 11. 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-esprima 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-esprima using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install node-esprima

Install node-esprima Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-esprima

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

sudo aptitude -y install node-esprima

How To Uninstall node-esprima on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove node-esprima

Uninstall node-esprima And Its Dependencies

To uninstall node-esprima and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-esprima

Remove node-esprima Configurations and Data

To remove node-esprima configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge node-esprima

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

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

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

Dependencies

node-esprima have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-esprima package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.