How To Install node-istextorbinary on Debian 12

Learn how to install node-istextorbinary on Debian 12 with this tutorial. node-istextorbinary is Determine if a filename and/or buffer is text or binary

Introduction

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

What is node-istextorbinary

node-istextorbinary is:

This library provides smarter detection than the other solutions.

Determination works like so:

  1. Extension Check: If filename is available, check if any of its extensions (from right to left) are an text extension or a binary extension, this is near instant.
  2. Contents Check: If no filename was provided, or the extension check was indeterminate, then check the contents of the buffer.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-istextorbinary

Install node-istextorbinary Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-istextorbinary

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

sudo aptitude -y install node-istextorbinary

How To Uninstall node-istextorbinary on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove node-istextorbinary

Uninstall node-istextorbinary And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-istextorbinary

Remove node-istextorbinary Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-istextorbinary

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

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

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

Dependencies

node-istextorbinary have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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