How To Install node-source-map on Debian 10

Learn how to install node-source-map on Debian 10 with this tutorial. node-source-map is Mozilla source map generator and consumer - Node.js module

Introduction

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

What is node-source-map

node-source-map is:

Mozilla implementation of source map generator and consumer, for source maps written in the Asynchronous Module Definition format.

Source maps provide a language-agnostic way to compile back production code to the original source code.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-source-map

Install node-source-map Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-source-map

Install node-source-map 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-source-map using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-source-map

How To Uninstall node-source-map on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove node-source-map

Uninstall node-source-map And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-source-map

Remove node-source-map Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-source-map

Remove node-source-map configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-source-map

Dependencies

node-source-map have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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