How To Install node-string-width on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-string-width on Debian 11.
What is node-string-width
node-string-width is:
Some Unicode characters use more or less than the normal width when output to the command-line.
This nodejs module gets the visual width of a string i.e. the actual number of columns required to display it.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-string-width on Debian 11. 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-string-width 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-string-width using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-string-width
Install node-string-width Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-string-width using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-string-width
Install node-string-width 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-string-width using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-string-width
How To Uninstall node-string-width on Debian 11
To uninstall only the node-string-width package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-string-width
Uninstall node-string-width And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-string-width and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-string-width
Remove node-string-width Configurations and Data
To remove node-string-width configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-string-width
Remove node-string-width configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-string-width configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-string-width
Dependencies
node-string-width have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-string-width package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
