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

Last updated: January 24,2025

1. Install "node-nan" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install node-nan on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                node-nan
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "node-nan" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall node-nan on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                node-nan
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the node-nan package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: node-nan
Version: 2.12.1-1
Installed-Size: 292
Maintainer: Debian Javascript Maintainers
Architecture: all
Depends: nodejs (>= 6.11.2~dfsg-1~)
Description: Native Abstractions for Node.js
Description-md5: 0383d46de480371dd70d10c58230ca2e
Homepage: https://github.com/nodejs/nan
Section: javascript
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/n/node-nan/node-nan_2.12.1-1_all.deb
Size: 50996
MD5sum: 7ad595eaee3ae789319efc88b227400c
SHA256: d02e27f257b2c5007b2f965c4e0ccf1c04163bacaf7c335fb3221ad9ac04ad9a