How To Install node-mess on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-mess on Debian 9.
What is node-mess
node-mess is:
Mess is a Node.js module which provides the Fisher-Yates shuffle function for arrays.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-mess on Debian 9. 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-mess 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-mess using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-mess
Install node-mess Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-mess using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-mess
Install node-mess 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-mess using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-mess
How To Uninstall node-mess on Debian 9
To uninstall only the node-mess package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-mess
Uninstall node-mess And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-mess and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-mess
Remove node-mess Configurations and Data
To remove node-mess configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-mess
Remove node-mess configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-mess configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-mess
Dependencies
node-mess have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-mess package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.