How To Install node-leaflet on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-leaflet on Debian 12.
What is node-leaflet
node-leaflet is:
Leaflet is a modern JavaScript library for mobile-friendly interactive maps. Weighing just about 27 KB of JS code, it has all the features most developers ever need for online maps.
Leaflet is designed with simplicity, performance and usability in mind. It works efficiently across all major desktop and mobile platforms out of the box, taking advantage of HTML5 and CSS3 on modern browsers while still being accessible on older ones. It can be extended with many plugins, has a beautiful, easy to use and well-documented API and a simple, readable source code that is a joy to contribute to.
This package provides Leaflet library usable with Node.js - an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-leaflet 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-leaflet 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-leaflet using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-leaflet
Install node-leaflet Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-leaflet using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-leaflet
Install node-leaflet 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-leaflet using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-leaflet
How To Uninstall node-leaflet on Debian 12
To uninstall only the node-leaflet package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-leaflet
Uninstall node-leaflet And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-leaflet and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-leaflet
Remove node-leaflet Configurations and Data
To remove node-leaflet configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-leaflet
Remove node-leaflet configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-leaflet configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-leaflet
Dependencies
node-leaflet have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-leaflet package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
