How To Install node-jison-lex on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-jison-lex on Debian 11.
What is node-jison-lex
node-jison-lex is:
A lexical analyzer generator used by jison. It takes a lexical grammar definition (either in JSON or Bison’s lexical grammar format) and outputs a JavaScript lexer.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-jison-lex 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-jison-lex 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-jison-lex using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-jison-lex
Install node-jison-lex Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-jison-lex using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-jison-lex
Install node-jison-lex 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-jison-lex using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-jison-lex
How To Uninstall node-jison-lex on Debian 11
To uninstall only the node-jison-lex package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-jison-lex
Uninstall node-jison-lex And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-jison-lex and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-jison-lex
Remove node-jison-lex Configurations and Data
To remove node-jison-lex configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-jison-lex
Remove node-jison-lex configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-jison-lex configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-jison-lex
Dependencies
node-jison-lex have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-jison-lex package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
