How To Install node-fs-extra on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-fs-extra on Debian 10.
What is node-fs-extra
node-fs-extra is:
The fs-extra Node.js module adds a few extra file system methods that aren’t included in the native fs module. It is a drop in replacement for fs.
The module implements common filesystem operations such as copy(), move(), mkdirs(), remove(), and specific read/write operations like readFile() & outputFile() and readJson() & outputJson().
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-fs-extra 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-fs-extra 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-fs-extra using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-fs-extra
Install node-fs-extra Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-fs-extra using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-fs-extra
Install node-fs-extra 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-fs-extra using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-fs-extra
How To Uninstall node-fs-extra on Debian 10
To uninstall only the node-fs-extra package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-fs-extra
Uninstall node-fs-extra And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-fs-extra and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-fs-extra
Remove node-fs-extra Configurations and Data
To remove node-fs-extra configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-fs-extra
Remove node-fs-extra configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-fs-extra configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-fs-extra
Dependencies
node-fs-extra have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-fs-extra package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.