How To Install node-boom on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-boom on Kali Linux. node-boom is HTTP-friendly error objects

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-boom on Kali Linux.

What is node-boom

node-boom is:

boom provides a set of utilities for returning HTTP errors. Each utility returns a Boom error response object (instance of Error).

Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.

There are three methods to install node-boom on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install node-boom Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install node-boom using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install node-boom

Install node-boom Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install node-boom using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install node-boom

Install node-boom Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install node-boom using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-boom

How To Uninstall node-boom on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the node-boom package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove node-boom

Uninstall node-boom And Its Dependencies

To uninstall node-boom and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-boom

Remove node-boom Configurations and Data

To remove node-boom configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge node-boom

Remove node-boom configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove node-boom configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-boom

Dependencies

node-boom have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-boom package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.