How To Install node-jest-worker on Debian 12

Learn how to install node-jest-worker on Debian 12 with this tutorial. node-jest-worker is Nodejs module for executing heavy tasks under forked processes in parallel

Introduction

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

What is node-jest-worker

node-jest-worker is:

jest-worker provides a Promise based interface, minimum overhead and bound workers.

The module works by providing an absolute path of the module to be loaded in all forked processes. Files relative to a node module are also accepted. All methods are exposed on the parent process as promises, so they can be await‘ed. Child (worker) methods can either be synchronous or asynchronous.

The module also implements support for bound workers. Binding a worker means that, based on certain parameters, the same task will always be executed by the same worker. The way bound workers work is by using the returned string of the computeWorkerKey method. If the string was used before for a task, the call will be queued to the related worker that processed the task earlier; if not, it will be executed by the first available worker, then sticked to the worker that executed it; so the next time it will be processed by the same worker. If you have no preference on the worker executing the task, but you have defined a computeWorkerKey method because you want some of the tasks to be sticked, you can return null from it.

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-jest-worker

Install node-jest-worker Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-jest-worker

Install node-jest-worker 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-jest-worker using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-jest-worker

How To Uninstall node-jest-worker on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove node-jest-worker

Uninstall node-jest-worker And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-jest-worker

Remove node-jest-worker Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-jest-worker

Remove node-jest-worker configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-jest-worker

Dependencies

node-jest-worker have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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