How To Install node-memfs on Debian 12

Learn how to install node-memfs on Debian 12 with this tutorial. node-memfs is In-memory filesystem with Nodes API

Introduction

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

What is node-memfs

node-memfs is:

Implements Node’s fs API

stores files in memory, in buffers and throws same errors as Node.js has the concepts of i-nodes and implements hard links and soft links

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-memfs

Install node-memfs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-memfs

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

sudo aptitude -y install node-memfs

How To Uninstall node-memfs on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove node-memfs

Uninstall node-memfs And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-memfs

Remove node-memfs Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-memfs

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

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

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

Dependencies

node-memfs have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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