How To Install node-platform on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-platform on Debian 10.
What is node-platform
node-platform is:
Platform.js is a detection library that works on nearly all JavaScript platforms. Platform.js is for informational purposes only and not intended as a substitution for feature detection/inference checks.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-platform 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-platform 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-platform using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-platform
Install node-platform Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-platform using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-platform
Install node-platform 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-platform using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-platform
How To Uninstall node-platform on Debian 10
To uninstall only the node-platform package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-platform
Uninstall node-platform And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-platform and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-platform
Remove node-platform Configurations and Data
To remove node-platform configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-platform
Remove node-platform configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-platform configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-platform
Dependencies
node-platform have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-platform package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.