How To Install node-leveldown on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-leveldown on Debian 12.
What is node-leveldown
node-leveldown is:
LevelDOWN provides a Node.js JavaScript API to the LevelDB C library. It provides the ability to open and close a LevelDB instance, as well as the put, get, del, and batch operations.
Node.js is an event-based server-side javascript engine.
There are three methods to install node-leveldown 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-leveldown 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-leveldown using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-leveldown
Install node-leveldown Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-leveldown using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-leveldown
Install node-leveldown 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-leveldown using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-leveldown
How To Uninstall node-leveldown on Debian 12
To uninstall only the node-leveldown package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-leveldown
Uninstall node-leveldown And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-leveldown and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-leveldown
Remove node-leveldown Configurations and Data
To remove node-leveldown configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-leveldown
Remove node-leveldown configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-leveldown configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-leveldown
Dependencies
node-leveldown have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-leveldown package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
