How To Install node-symbol-observable on Debian 10

Learn how to install node-symbol-observable on Debian 10 with this tutorial. node-symbol-observable is Symbol.observable ponyfill

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-symbol-observable on Debian 10.

What is node-symbol-observable

node-symbol-observable is:

This module provides Symbol.observable for older JavaScript environments which does not implement it natively.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-symbol-observable

Install node-symbol-observable Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-symbol-observable

Install node-symbol-observable 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-symbol-observable using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-symbol-observable

How To Uninstall node-symbol-observable on Debian 10

To uninstall only the node-symbol-observable package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove node-symbol-observable

Uninstall node-symbol-observable And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-symbol-observable

Remove node-symbol-observable Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-symbol-observable

Remove node-symbol-observable configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-symbol-observable

Dependencies

node-symbol-observable have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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