How to Install and Uninstall nodejs Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "nodejs" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install nodejs on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

Learn how to uninstall nodejs on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                nodejs
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the nodejs package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: nodejs
Version: 12.22.12~dfsg-1~deb11u1
Installed-Size: 916
Maintainer: Debian Javascript Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: nodejs-legacy
Provides: node-types-node (= 12.20.55~12.22.12~dfsg-1~deb11u1)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.5), libnode72 (= 12.22.12~dfsg-1~deb11u1)
Suggests: npm
Conflicts: nodejs-legacy
Breaks: node-babel-runtime (<< 7), node-typescript-types (<< 20210110~)
Description: evented I/O for V8 javascript - runtime executable
Description-md5: 0d0bbaed314d7d26588d112ee4ede074
Homepage: https://nodejs.org/
Multi-Arch: foreign
Recommends: ca-certificates, nodejs-doc
Section: web
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/updates/main/n/nodejs/nodejs_12.22.12~dfsg-1~deb11u1_amd64.deb
Size: 147392
SHA256: 4889063563da0078c67a987f9d94b1e7466fbef377df9d5ea6e393bf45f1de56

Package: nodejs
Version: 12.22.5~dfsg-2~11u1
Installed-Size: 918
Maintainer: Debian Javascript Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Replaces: nodejs-legacy
Provides: node-types-node (= 12.20.19~12.22.5~dfsg-2~11u1)
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.2.5), libnode72 (= 12.22.5~dfsg-2~11u1)
Recommends: ca-certificates, nodejs-doc
Suggests: npm
Conflicts: nodejs-legacy
Breaks: node-babel-runtime (<< 7), node-typescript-types (<< 20210110~)
Description: evented I/O for V8 javascript - runtime executable
Description-md5: 0d0bbaed314d7d26588d112ee4ede074
Multi-Arch: foreign
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_12.22.5~dfsg-2~11u1_amd64.deb
Size: 146892
MD5sum: 1b4a6802c703dddbd59b214bdf8752d5
SHA256: 450e6b6b5497d015297f83a8af4e79eabcb503bad309584b0c11587b63cdb1f5