How to Install and Uninstall nodejs Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: May 10,2024

You can also install and uninstall the nodejs on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "nodejs" package

Please follow the steps below to install nodejs on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                nodejs
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "nodejs" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall nodejs on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the nodejs package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: nodejs
Version: 18.19.0+dfsg-6~deb12u1
Installed-Size: 3931
Maintainer: Debian Javascript Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: libnode72 (<< 13), libnode83 (<< 16.13.2+really14.19.1~dfsg~), nodejs-legacy
Provides: node-types-node (= 18.18.14~18.19.0+dfsg-6~deb12u1)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libnode108 (= 18.19.0+dfsg-6~deb12u1)
Suggests: npm
Conflicts: nodejs-legacy
Breaks: libnode72 (<< 13), libnode83 (<< 16.13.2+really14.19.1~dfsg~), node-babel-runtime (<< 7), node-jest (<< 29~), node-typescript-types (<< 20210110~)
Description: evented I/O for V8 javascript - runtime executable
Description-md5: 0d0bbaed314d7d26588d112ee4ede074
Homepage: https://nodejs.org/
Multi-Arch: allowed
Recommends: ca-certificates, nodejs-doc
Section: web
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/updates/main/n/nodejs/nodejs_18.19.0+dfsg-6~deb12u1_amd64.deb
Size: 318736
SHA256: 81dd77001ae1d4019e06bece8a0f6b8a22e97580d13528196f8a89b400cf82c2

Package: nodejs
Version: 18.13.0+dfsg1-1
Installed-Size: 3710
Maintainer: Debian Javascript Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: libnode72 (<< 13), libnode83 (<< 16.13.2+really14.19.1~dfsg~), nodejs-legacy
Provides: node-types-node (= 18.11.18~18.13.0+dfsg1-1)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libnode108 (= 18.13.0+dfsg1-1)
Recommends: ca-certificates, nodejs-doc
Suggests: npm
Conflicts: nodejs-legacy
Breaks: libnode72 (<< 13), libnode83 (<< 16.13.2+really14.19.1~dfsg~), node-babel-runtime (<< 7), node-jest (<< 29~), node-typescript-types (<< 20210110~)
Description: evented I/O for V8 javascript - runtime executable
Description-md5: 0d0bbaed314d7d26588d112ee4ede074
Multi-Arch: allowed
Homepage: https://nodejs.org/
Tag: devel::interpreter, devel::lang:ecmascript, devel::runtime, devel::web,
implemented-in::c++, implemented-in::ecmascript,
interface::commandline, interface::shell, protocol::dns,
protocol::http, protocol::tcp, role::program, scope::application,
works-with-format::json
Section: web
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/n/nodejs/nodejs_18.13.0+dfsg1-1_amd64.deb
Size: 303684
MD5sum: fa925e526baea2cbb493f89479ac4b9f
SHA256: bab122bcd9bb8588f7710d30efc88270d7c8abe3d749a209cdf2c42ffc626ca9