How To Install node-inquirer on Debian 9

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-inquirer on Debian 9.

What is node-inquirer

node-inquirer is:

Node.js module that provides a collection of interactive user interfaces and inquiry session flows for the command line.

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

There are three methods to install node-inquirer 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-inquirer 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-inquirer using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install node-inquirer

Install node-inquirer Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-inquirer

Install node-inquirer 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-inquirer using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-inquirer

How To Uninstall node-inquirer on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove node-inquirer

Uninstall node-inquirer And Its Dependencies

To uninstall node-inquirer and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-inquirer

Remove node-inquirer Configurations and Data

To remove node-inquirer configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge node-inquirer

Remove node-inquirer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-inquirer

Dependencies

node-inquirer have the following dependencies:

• nodejs
• node-chalk
• node-cli-cursor
• node-string-width
• node-run-async
• node-lodash
• node-through2
• node-ansi-escapes
• node-rx
• node-cli-width
• node-pinkie-promise
• node-mute-stream
• node-external-editor
• node-strip-ansi

References

• node-inquirer website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-inquirer package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.