How To Install node-package-preamble on Debian 12

Learn how to install node-package-preamble on Debian 12 with this tutorial. node-package-preamble is Generate a tiny preamble from a package.json

Introduction

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

What is node-package-preamble

node-package-preamble is:

Generates a minimalist preamble from a package.json. For example, // https://example.com/hello-world Version 0.0.1. Copyright 2016 Alice Baker. is generated by this tool.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-package-preamble

Install node-package-preamble Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-package-preamble

Install node-package-preamble 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-package-preamble using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-package-preamble

How To Uninstall node-package-preamble on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove node-package-preamble

Uninstall node-package-preamble And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-package-preamble

Remove node-package-preamble Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-package-preamble

Remove node-package-preamble configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-package-preamble

Dependencies

node-package-preamble have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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