How To Install pkg-js-tools on Debian 12

Learn how to install pkg-js-tools on Debian 12 with this tutorial. pkg-js-tools is collection of tools to aid packaging Node.js modules in Debian

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pkg-js-tools on Debian 12.

What is pkg-js-tools

pkg-js-tools is:

The Debian JavaScript Maintainers work on packaging JavaScript libraries for Debian. This collection contains tools which help the tam with day-to-day work.

It provides some utilities:

  • add-node-component: manage uscan components
  • debcheck-node-repo: compares vcs repo registered in npm registry with the source repo declared in debian/watch
  • dh-make-node: build debian/ directory in a source repository of a Node.js module
  • github-debian-upstream: creates debian/upstream/metadata for GitHub source
  • nodepath: show the path and/or the package of a Node.js module
  • mjs2cjs: generate a commonjs file from a .mjs source (rollup)
  • pkgjs-audit: a “npm audit” that uses Debian dependencies (npm)
  • pkgjs-depends: find needed dependencies for a Node.js module (npm, node-semver)
  • pkgjs-ln: link a Debian dependency into node_modules/
  • pkgjs-ls: a “npm ls” that search also in Debian directories (npm, node-semver)
  • pkgjs-utils: various little utilities

and also:

  • a salsa(1) configuration file for Debian JavaScript Maintainers
  • “pkg-js-extra” profile for lintian

There are three methods to install pkg-js-tools 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 pkg-js-tools Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install pkg-js-tools using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install pkg-js-tools

Install pkg-js-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install pkg-js-tools using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install pkg-js-tools

Install pkg-js-tools 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 pkg-js-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pkg-js-tools

How To Uninstall pkg-js-tools on Debian 12

To uninstall only the pkg-js-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove pkg-js-tools

Uninstall pkg-js-tools And Its Dependencies

To uninstall pkg-js-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pkg-js-tools

Remove pkg-js-tools Configurations and Data

To remove pkg-js-tools configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pkg-js-tools

Remove pkg-js-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove pkg-js-tools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pkg-js-tools

Dependencies

pkg-js-tools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pkg-js-tools package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.