How To Install node-sockjs-client on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-sockjs-client on Debian 12.
What is node-sockjs-client
node-sockjs-client is:
SockJS-client is a browser JavaScript library that provides a WebSocket-like object. SockJS gives you a coherent, cross-browser, Javascript API which creates a low latency, full duplex, cross-domain communication channel between the browser and the web server.
Under the hood SockJS tries to use native WebSockets first. If that fails it can use a variety of browser-specific transport protocols and presents them through WebSocket-like abstractions.
SockJS is intended to work for all modern browsers and in environments which don’t support the WebSocket protocol – for example, behind restrictive corporate proxies.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-sockjs-client 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-sockjs-client 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-sockjs-client using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-sockjs-client
Install node-sockjs-client Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-sockjs-client using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-sockjs-client
Install node-sockjs-client 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-sockjs-client using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-sockjs-client
How To Uninstall node-sockjs-client on Debian 12
To uninstall only the node-sockjs-client package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-sockjs-client
Uninstall node-sockjs-client And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-sockjs-client and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-sockjs-client
Remove node-sockjs-client Configurations and Data
To remove node-sockjs-client configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-sockjs-client
Remove node-sockjs-client configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-sockjs-client configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-sockjs-client
Dependencies
node-sockjs-client have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-sockjs-client package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
