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How to install bun in debian distros?

The bun is a new run time environment for javascript blazing fast

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The bun is a new javascript run time environment in the beta stage. The bun is only available for testing and not for deployment.

You can easily install bun in your system like Windows, Linux or macOS.

Install the bun in Debian

curl https://bun.sh/install | bash

The output of the command.

Install bun

According to the curl output, you add the path in .bashrc the file. You edit .bashrc file with nano or any other IDE or editor.

nano .bashrc

After your .bashrc file is open in your nano editor. Now you paste the bun configuration code into the .bashrc file.

BUN_INSTALL="/home/{YOUR-USER-NAME}/.bun"
PATH="$BUN_INSTALL/bin:$PATH"

How to save the .bashrc file in nano?

  1. First, press ctrl + o commands
  2. In the second step, you hit enter.
  3. Then ctrl + x close the nano editor.

Now your .bashrc file is saved.

How to check bun is installed in my operating system?

To check the bun installation, you run the bun version and help the command for verification.

bun --version
0.1.2
bun --help
bun: a fast bundler, transpiler, JavaScript Runtime and package manager for web software.
 
  dev       ./a.ts ./b.jsx        Start a bun Dev Server
  bun       ./a.ts ./b.jsx        Bundle dependencies of input files into a .bun
 
  create    next ./app            Start a new project from a template (bun c)
  run       test                  Run JavaScript with bun, a package.json script, or a bin
  install                         Install dependencies for a package.json (bun i)
  add       @compiled/react       Add a dependency to package.json (bun a)
  remove    backbone              Remove a dependency from package.json (bun rm)
 
  upgrade                         Get the latest version of bun
  completions                     Install shell completions for tab-completion
  discord                         Open bun's Discord server
  help                            Print this help menu

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Conclusion

The bun is a game change run time environment for javascript. I know bun is a beta stage. Shortly, the bun is successfully implanted in the javascript world. Then it changes the entire javascript ecosystem.