How To Install node-proxyquire on Debian 12

Learn how to install node-proxyquire on Debian 12 with this tutorial. node-proxyquire is mocking tool to stub dependencies in Node.js

Introduction

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

What is node-proxyquire

node-proxyquire is:

Proxyquire proxies nodejs’s require in order to make overriding dependencies during testing easy while staying totally unobtrusive.

  • No changes to your code are necessary.
  • Non overridden methods of a module behave like the original.
  • Mocking framework agnostic, if it can stub a function then it works with proxyquire.
  • “use strict” compliant.

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-proxyquire

Install node-proxyquire Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-proxyquire

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

sudo aptitude -y install node-proxyquire

How To Uninstall node-proxyquire on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove node-proxyquire

Uninstall node-proxyquire And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-proxyquire

Remove node-proxyquire Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-proxyquire

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

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

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

Dependencies

node-proxyquire have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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