How to Install and Uninstall node-gyp Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 02,2024

1. Install "node-gyp" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install node-gyp on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt install
            
                        
                node-gyp
            
                    
    
    Copied

2. Uninstall "node-gyp" package

Please follow the steps below to uninstall node-gyp on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                node-gyp
            
                    
    
    Copied


    
        
            $
        

        
            
                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
    Copied

3. Information about the node-gyp package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: node-gyp
Version: 3.8.0-6
Installed-Size: 118
Maintainer: Debian Javascript Maintainers
Architecture: all
Depends: nodejs, libnode-dev, gyp (>= 0.1+20150913git1f374df9), node-glob, node-graceful-fs, node-mkdirp, node-nopt, node-npmlog, node-osenv, node-request, node-rimraf, node-semver, node-tar, node-which
Recommends: build-essential
Description: Native addon build tool for Node.js
Description-md5: 79e000d65d6679894607853135417a5f
Homepage: https://github.com/nodejs/node-gyp
Section: javascript
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/n/node-gyp/node-gyp_3.8.0-6_all.deb
Size: 36920
MD5sum: e6a572e24e39e32bd1e7ae5c60cc3beb
SHA256: 2b4949da8495ff78411cbabea5848b5e662e8af1b6d5bc4bf54e7e1a9d651574