How To Install node-htmlescape on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-htmlescape on Debian 11.
What is node-htmlescape
node-htmlescape is:
This module escape a string to be safe for use in html particularly inside a script tag.
In programming languages escape sequences are used in character literals and string literals, to express characters which are not printable or clash with the syntax of characters or strings.
This module is a dependency of browserify, a tool that allows one to write Node.js-style modules that compile for use in the browser.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-htmlescape 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-htmlescape 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-htmlescape using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-htmlescape
Install node-htmlescape Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-htmlescape using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-htmlescape
Install node-htmlescape 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-htmlescape using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-htmlescape
How To Uninstall node-htmlescape on Debian 11
To uninstall only the node-htmlescape package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-htmlescape
Uninstall node-htmlescape And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-htmlescape and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-htmlescape
Remove node-htmlescape Configurations and Data
To remove node-htmlescape configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-htmlescape
Remove node-htmlescape configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-htmlescape configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-htmlescape
Dependencies
node-htmlescape have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-htmlescape package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.