How To Install node-form-data on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-form-data on Debian 9.
What is node-form-data
node-form-data is:
node-form-data can be used to submit forms and file uploads to other web applications.
The API of this module is inspired by the w3c XMLHttpRequest specification.
Node.js is an event-based server-side javascript engine.
There are three methods to install node-form-data 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-form-data 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-form-data using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-form-data
Install node-form-data Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-form-data using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-form-data
Install node-form-data 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-form-data using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-form-data
How To Uninstall node-form-data on Debian 9
To uninstall only the node-form-data package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-form-data
Uninstall node-form-data And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-form-data and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-form-data
Remove node-form-data Configurations and Data
To remove node-form-data configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-form-data
Remove node-form-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-form-data configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-form-data
Dependencies
node-form-data have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-form-data package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.