How To Install node-googlediff on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-googlediff on Debian 10.
What is node-googlediff
node-googlediff is:
The Diff Match and Patch libraries offer robust algorithms to perform the operations required for synchronizing plain text. This library implements Myer’s diff algorithm which is generally considered to be the best general purpose diff.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-googlediff 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-googlediff 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-googlediff using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-googlediff
Install node-googlediff Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-googlediff using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-googlediff
Install node-googlediff 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-googlediff using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-googlediff
How To Uninstall node-googlediff on Debian 10
To uninstall only the node-googlediff package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-googlediff
Uninstall node-googlediff And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-googlediff and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-googlediff
Remove node-googlediff Configurations and Data
To remove node-googlediff configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-googlediff
Remove node-googlediff configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-googlediff configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-googlediff
Dependencies
node-googlediff have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-googlediff package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.