How To Install nodejs-doc on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install nodejs-doc on Debian 11.
What is nodejs-doc
nodejs-doc is:
Node.js is a platform built on Chrome’s JavaScript runtime for easily building fast, scalable network applications. Node.js uses an event-driven, non-blocking I/O model that makes it lightweight and efficient, perfect for data-intensive real-time applications that run across distributed devices.
Node.js is bundled with several useful libraries to handle server tasks:
System, Events, Standard I/O, Modules, Timers, Child Processes, POSIX, HTTP, Multipart Parsing, TCP, DNS, Assert, Path, URL, Query Strings.
This package contains API documentation for Node.js.
There are three methods to install nodejs-doc on Debian 11. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install nodejs-doc Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install nodejs-doc using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install nodejs-doc
Install nodejs-doc Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install nodejs-doc using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install nodejs-doc
Install nodejs-doc 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 nodejs-doc using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install nodejs-doc
How To Uninstall nodejs-doc on Debian 11
To uninstall only the nodejs-doc package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove nodejs-doc
Uninstall nodejs-doc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall nodejs-doc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove nodejs-doc
Remove nodejs-doc Configurations and Data
To remove nodejs-doc configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge nodejs-doc
Remove nodejs-doc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove nodejs-doc configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nodejs-doc
Dependencies
nodejs-doc have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install nodejs-doc package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.