How To Install node-supports-color on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-supports-color on Debian 9. node-supports-color is Detect whether a terminal supports color in Node.js

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.