How To Install node-lex-parser on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-lex-parser on Debian 11. node-lex-parser is parser for lexical grammars used by jison and jison-lex

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-lex-parser on Debian 11.

What is node-lex-parser

node-lex-parser is:

See /usr/share/doc/node-lex-parser/README.md for documentation

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-lex-parser

Install node-lex-parser Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-lex-parser

Install node-lex-parser 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-lex-parser using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-lex-parser

How To Uninstall node-lex-parser on Debian 11

To uninstall only the node-lex-parser package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove node-lex-parser

Uninstall node-lex-parser And Its Dependencies

To uninstall node-lex-parser and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-lex-parser

Remove node-lex-parser Configurations and Data

To remove node-lex-parser configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge node-lex-parser

Remove node-lex-parser configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-lex-parser

Dependencies

node-lex-parser have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-lex-parser package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.