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