How To Install node-libravatar on Debian 10

Learn how to install node-libravatar on Debian 10 with this tutorial. node-libravatar is libravatar library for NodeJS

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-libravatar on Debian 10.

What is node-libravatar

node-libravatar is:

This library allows web application authors to make use of the free Libravatar service (https://www.libravatar.org). This service hosts avatar images for users and allows other sites to look them up using email addresses.

node-libravatar includes full support for federated avatar servers.

There are three methods to install node-libravatar on Debian 10. 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-libravatar 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-libravatar using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install node-libravatar

Install node-libravatar Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-libravatar

Install node-libravatar 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-libravatar using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-libravatar

How To Uninstall node-libravatar on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove node-libravatar

Uninstall node-libravatar And Its Dependencies

To uninstall node-libravatar and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-libravatar

Remove node-libravatar Configurations and Data

To remove node-libravatar configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge node-libravatar

Remove node-libravatar configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-libravatar

Dependencies

node-libravatar have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-libravatar package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.