Installing Jam on Debian Latest

Jam is a free and open source package manager for JavaScript. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Jam on Debian Latest.

Prerequisites

Before proceeding with this tutorial, make sure that:

• You have a Debian Latest installation up and running.
• You have a user account with sudo privileges.

Step 1: Install Node.js

Jam requires Node.js, a JavaScript runtime environment, to be installed on your system. You can install Node.js using the official package manager for Debian, apt.

1. Open a terminal window.
2. Update the package list by running the following command:

sudo apt update

3. Install Node.js by running the following command:

sudo apt install nodejs

4. Verify that Node.js has been installed successfully by checking the version number:

node -v

You should see the Node.js version number printed on the screen.

Step 2: Install Jam

Now that Node.js is installed, you can install Jam.

1. Open a terminal window.
2. Install Jam using npm, the Node.js package manager, by running the following command:

sudo npm install -g jamjs

3. Verify that Jam has been installed successfully by checking the version number:

jam -v

You should see the Jam version number printed on the screen.

Congratulations! You have successfully installed Jam on Debian Latest. You can now use Jam to manage your JavaScript packages.

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