How To Install node-supports-color on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-supports-color on Debian 9.
What is node-supports-color
node-supports-color is:
supports-color is a Node.js module which provides an API to detect whether a terminal supports color.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-supports-color 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-supports-color 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-supports-color using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-supports-color
Install node-supports-color Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-supports-color using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-supports-color
Install node-supports-color 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-supports-color using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-supports-color
How To Uninstall node-supports-color on Debian 9
To uninstall only the node-supports-color package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-supports-color
Uninstall node-supports-color And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-supports-color and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-supports-color
Remove node-supports-color Configurations and Data
To remove node-supports-color configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-supports-color
Remove node-supports-color configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-supports-color configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-supports-color
Dependencies
node-supports-color have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-supports-color package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.