How To Install node-expand-tilde on Debian 10

Learn how to install node-expand-tilde on Debian 10 with this tutorial. node-expand-tilde is Bash-like tilde expansion for node.js

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-expand-tilde on Debian 10.

What is node-expand-tilde

node-expand-tilde is:

Expands a leading tilde in a file path to the user home directory, or ~+ to the cwd.

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

There are three methods to install node-expand-tilde on Debian 10. 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-expand-tilde 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-expand-tilde using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install node-expand-tilde

Install node-expand-tilde Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-expand-tilde

Install node-expand-tilde 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-expand-tilde using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-expand-tilde

How To Uninstall node-expand-tilde on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove node-expand-tilde

Uninstall node-expand-tilde And Its Dependencies

To uninstall node-expand-tilde and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-expand-tilde

Remove node-expand-tilde Configurations and Data

To remove node-expand-tilde configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge node-expand-tilde

Remove node-expand-tilde configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-expand-tilde

Dependencies

node-expand-tilde have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-expand-tilde package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.