How To Install node-sigmund on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-sigmund on Debian 9. node-sigmund is Quick and dirty signatures for Objects module for Node.js

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-sigmund on Debian 9.

What is node-sigmund

node-sigmund is:

This is like a much faster deepEquals comparison, which returns a string key suitable for caches and the like. The returned key will be as unique and reproducible as calling JSON.stringify or util.inspect on the object, but is much faster.

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

There are three methods to install node-sigmund on Debian 9. 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-sigmund 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-sigmund using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install node-sigmund

Install node-sigmund Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-sigmund

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

sudo aptitude -y install node-sigmund

How To Uninstall node-sigmund on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove node-sigmund

Uninstall node-sigmund And Its Dependencies

To uninstall node-sigmund and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-sigmund

Remove node-sigmund Configurations and Data

To remove node-sigmund configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge node-sigmund

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

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

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

Dependencies

node-sigmund have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-sigmund package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.