How To Install node-readable-stream on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-readable-stream on Debian 10.
What is node-readable-stream
node-readable-stream is:
node-readable-stream package is a port to browser context of the well known stream API of Node.js, usable both under Node.js or inside a browser.
A stream is an abstract interface for working with streaming data in Node.js. There are many stream objects provided by Node.js. For instance, a request to an HTTP server and process.stdout are both stream instances.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-readable-stream 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-readable-stream 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-readable-stream using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-readable-stream
Install node-readable-stream Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-readable-stream using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-readable-stream
Install node-readable-stream 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-readable-stream using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-readable-stream
How To Uninstall node-readable-stream on Debian 10
To uninstall only the node-readable-stream package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-readable-stream
Uninstall node-readable-stream And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-readable-stream and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-readable-stream
Remove node-readable-stream Configurations and Data
To remove node-readable-stream configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-readable-stream
Remove node-readable-stream configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-readable-stream configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-readable-stream
Dependencies
node-readable-stream have the following dependencies:
- nodejs
- node-inherits
- node-core-util-is
- node-string-decoder
- node-safe-buffer
- node-process-nextick-args
- node-util-deprecate
- node-isarray
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-readable-stream package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.