How To Install node-re2 on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-re2 on Debian 12.
What is node-re2
node-re2 is:
This package provides bindings to a safer alternative to the native JavaScript regular expression engine, without supporting features that are targets for Denial-Of-Service attacks, like backreferences and lookahead assertions.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-re2 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-re2 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-re2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-re2
Install node-re2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-re2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-re2
Install node-re2 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-re2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-re2
How To Uninstall node-re2 on Debian 12
To uninstall only the node-re2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-re2
Uninstall node-re2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-re2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-re2
Remove node-re2 Configurations and Data
To remove node-re2 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-re2
Remove node-re2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-re2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-re2
Dependencies
node-re2 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-re2 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
