How To Install node-roadrunner on Debian 10

Learn how to install node-roadrunner on Debian 10 with this tutorial. node-roadrunner is Cache require resolutions

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-roadrunner on Debian 10.

What is node-roadrunner

node-roadrunner is:

Node.js module to cache require resolutions and thereby heavily improve startup speed on subsequent loads.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-roadrunner

Install node-roadrunner Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-roadrunner

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

sudo aptitude -y install node-roadrunner

How To Uninstall node-roadrunner on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove node-roadrunner

Uninstall node-roadrunner And Its Dependencies

To uninstall node-roadrunner and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-roadrunner

Remove node-roadrunner Configurations and Data

To remove node-roadrunner configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge node-roadrunner

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

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

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

Dependencies

node-roadrunner have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-roadrunner package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.