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What's the difference between the packages 'node' and 'nodejs'?

Asked by Scott Salley

I currently have the package nodejs installed. A friend has the package 'node' installed. Why are there two packages for node.js and how should we determine which one to use?

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

What is the output of:

lsb_release -a; uname -a; apt-cache policy node*

thanks

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Scott Salley (ssalley) said : 		#2

I couldn't figure out how to attach a file, so here's a paste.

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  Candidate: 3.2.1-2
  Version table:
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  Version table:
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  Candidate: (none)
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  Version table:
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  Candidate: 0.04-1build1
  Version table:
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  Version table:
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  Version table:
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  Version table:
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  Version table:
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  Version table:
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  Version table:
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  Version table:
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  Version table:
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  Candidate: (none)
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  Version table:
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  Version table:
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  Version table:
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  Version table:
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  Version table:
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  Version table:
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  Version table:
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  Version table:
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        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
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  Candidate: 0.11-7
  Version table:
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  Version table:
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  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: (none)
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  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: (none)
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  Version table:
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        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
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  Candidate: 1.0.10-1
  Version table:
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  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: (none)
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  Version table:
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  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: (none)
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  Version table:
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monodevelop-python:
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  Version table:
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libnode-node-stringprep-dbgsym:
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  Version table:
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  Candidate: 0.2.0-1
  Version table:
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  Version table:
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  Version table:
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  Candidate: 1.0.10-2
  Version table:
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  Candidate: 1.2.3-1
  Version table:
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nodau-dbgsym:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 0.2.2-1
  Version table:
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  Version table:
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  Version table:
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  Version table:
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  Version table:
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  Version table:
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  Version table:
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        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/main amd64 Packages
monodevelop-java:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 2.8.6.3-1
  Version table:
     2.8.6.3-1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe amd64 Packages
libxml-nodefilter-perl:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 0.01-6
  Version table:
     0.01-6 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe amd64 Packages
libnode-cradle:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 0.5.5~20110308-1
  Version table:
     0.5.5~20110308-1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe amd64 Packages
monodoc-mysql5.0-manual:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: (none)
  Version table:
monodoc-gtk-manual:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: (none)
  Version table:
nodau:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 0.2.2-1
  Version table:
     0.2.2-1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe amd64 Packages
node-graceful-fs:
  Installed: 1.1.8-1
  Candidate: 1.1.8-1
  Version table:
 *** 1.1.8-1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
monodoc-zeitgeist-manual:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 0.8.0.0-1
  Version table:
     0.8.0.0-1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe amd64 Packages
monodoc-semweb-manual:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 1.05+dfsg-4build1
  Version table:
     1.05+dfsg-4build1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe amd64 Packages
monodevelop:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 2.8.6.3+dfsg-2
  Version table:
     2.8.6.3+dfsg-2 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe amd64 Packages
node-coffeescript:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: (none)
  Version table:
gtk2-engines-nodoka-dbgsym:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 0.7.2-0ubuntu2
  Version table:
     0.7.2-0ubuntu2 0
        500 http://ddebs.ubuntu.com/ precise/universe amd64 Packages
monodoc-nunit-manual:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 2.5.10.11092+dfsg-3
  Version table:
     2.5.10.11092+dfsg-3 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe amd64 Packages
node-ini:
  Installed: 1.0.2-1
  Candidate: 1.0.2-1
  Version table:
 *** 1.0.2-1 0
        500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ precise/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

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Best Mark Rijckenberg (markrijckenberg) said : 		#3

Use apt-cache show <packagename> to see more info about a package.

See Terminal output below:

$ apt-cache show nodejs
Package: nodejs
Priority: extra
Section: universe/web
Installed-Size: 2331
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <email address hidden>
Original-Maintainer: Debian Javascript Maintainers <email address hidden>
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.6.12~dfsg1-1ubuntu1
Depends: libc-ares2 (>= 1.7.3), libc6 (>= 2.14), libev4 (>= 1:4.04), libgcc1 (>= 1:4.1.1), libssl1.0.0 (>= 1.0.1), libstdc++6 (>= 4.1.1), libv8-3.7.12.22, zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4)
Conflicts: node
Filename: pool/universe/n/nodejs/nodejs_0.6.12~dfsg1-1ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 664258
MD5sum: 1581691b713eecb88c49213e3ef4644d
SHA1: 0c6b91a0cff7295c683153b1361d257d3ceb7ce6
SHA256: 3454de63b5fd059f02b6e21953636541940130fdd7ba6b50abcd94e96514e00d
Description-en: Node.js event-based server-side javascript engine
 Node.js is similar in design to and influenced by systems like
 Ruby's Event Machine or Python's Twisted.
 .
 It takes the event model a bit further - it presents the event
 loop as a language construct instead of as a library.
 .
 Node.js is bundled with several useful libraries to handle server tasks :
 System, Events, Standard I/O, Modules, Timers, Child Processes, POSIX,
 HTTP, Multipart Parsing, TCP, DNS, Assert, Path, URL, Query Strings.
Homepage: http://nodejs.org/
Description-md5: 964493985d4a02c9abd7e062f9234325
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu

More info about node.js here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nodejs

$ apt-cache show node
Package: node
Priority: optional
Section: universe/hamradio
Installed-Size: 300
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers <email address hidden>
Original-Maintainer: Debian Hamradio Maintainers <email address hidden>
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.3.2-7.1
Depends: libax25 (>= 0.0.11), libc6 (>= 2.7), zlib1g (>= 1:1.1.4), update-inetd, openbsd-inetd | inet-superserver
Filename: pool/universe/n/node/node_0.3.2-7.1_amd64.deb
Size: 56114
MD5sum: c5eaa524c86ece0a2fd1ea56b3ec50cb
SHA1: 655bdaf85444bc48b307b5bb253f5ff3344a6b36
SHA256: 584c7df489ec0db5bc7e9f60636a46a6c1f8334e0379639cea8a3116d6950561
Description-en: Amateur Packet Radio Node program
 The node program accepts TCP/IP and packet radio network connections and
 presents users with an interface that allows them to make gateway connections
 to remote hosts using a variety of amateur radio protocols.
Description-md5: 7b5520e08a1f3c268b88da43776316a9
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu

$

So node deals with Amateur Packet Radio. node.js is not specialized in that....

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Scott Salley (ssalley) said : 		#4

Thanks Mark Rijckenberg, that solved my question.