How To Install node-terser on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-terser on Debian 12.
What is node-terser
node-terser is:
Terser is a parser, mangler, optimizer and beautifier toolkit for ECMAScript 2015 and newer (ES6+).
terser is a fork of uglify-es that retains API and CLI compatibility with uglify-es (Debian packages node-uglify-js, libjs-uglify-js, and uglifyjs).
ECMAScript 2015 (ES2015) a.k.a. ECMAScript 6 (ES6) is the 6th formal definition of JavaScript - a high-level, interpreted programming language most notably used in web browsers and in Node.js.
This package contains Terser usable with Node.js.
There are three methods to install node-terser on Debian 12. 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-terser 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-terser using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-terser
Install node-terser Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-terser using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-terser
Install node-terser 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-terser using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-terser
How To Uninstall node-terser on Debian 12
To uninstall only the node-terser package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-terser
Uninstall node-terser And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-terser and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-terser
Remove node-terser Configurations and Data
To remove node-terser configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-terser
Remove node-terser configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-terser configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-terser
Dependencies
node-terser have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-terser package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
