How To Install node-jquery-ujs on Debian 12

Learn how to install node-jquery-ujs on Debian 12 with this tutorial. node-jquery-ujs is Unobtrusive scripting adapter for jQuery

Introduction

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

What is node-jquery-ujs

node-jquery-ujs is:

This unobtrusive scripting support file is developed for the Ruby on Rails framework, but is not strictly tied to any specific backend. You can drop this into any application to:

  • force confirmation dialogs for various actions;
  • make non-GET requests from hyperlinks;
  • make forms or hyperlinks submit data asynchronously with Ajax;
  • have submit buttons become automatically disabled on form submit to prevent double-clicking.

These features are achieved by adding certain “data” attributes to your HTML markup. In Rails, they are added by the framework’s template helpers.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-jquery-ujs

Install node-jquery-ujs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-jquery-ujs

Install node-jquery-ujs 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-jquery-ujs using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-jquery-ujs

How To Uninstall node-jquery-ujs on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove node-jquery-ujs

Uninstall node-jquery-ujs And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-jquery-ujs

Remove node-jquery-ujs Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-jquery-ujs

Remove node-jquery-ujs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-jquery-ujs

Dependencies

node-jquery-ujs have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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