How To Install node-ismobilejs on Debian 12

Learn how to install node-ismobilejs on Debian 12 with this tutorial. node-ismobilejs is JavaScript library to detect mobile devices (node)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-ismobilejs on Debian 12.

What is node-ismobilejs

node-ismobilejs is:

A simple JavaScript library for detecting when a page is viewed on a mobile device. Output is placed in a JS object that you can then test for various results.

It works both in the browser as a JavaScript library or on the server side via NodeJS.

This package contains the ismobilejs module for Node.js.

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

There are three methods to install node-ismobilejs on Debian 12. 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-ismobilejs 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-ismobilejs using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install node-ismobilejs

Install node-ismobilejs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-ismobilejs

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

sudo aptitude -y install node-ismobilejs

How To Uninstall node-ismobilejs on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove node-ismobilejs

Uninstall node-ismobilejs And Its Dependencies

To uninstall node-ismobilejs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-ismobilejs

Remove node-ismobilejs Configurations and Data

To remove node-ismobilejs configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge node-ismobilejs

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

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

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

Dependencies

node-ismobilejs have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-ismobilejs package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.