How To Install node-fast-levenshtein on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-fast-levenshtein on Kali Linux. node-fast-levenshtein is efficient implementation of Levenshtein algorithm

Introduction

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

What is node-fast-levenshtein

node-fast-levenshtein is:

It comes with locale-specific collator support.

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

There are three methods to install node-fast-levenshtein 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-fast-levenshtein 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-fast-levenshtein using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install node-fast-levenshtein

Install node-fast-levenshtein Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-fast-levenshtein

Install node-fast-levenshtein 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-fast-levenshtein using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-fast-levenshtein

How To Uninstall node-fast-levenshtein on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove node-fast-levenshtein

Uninstall node-fast-levenshtein And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-fast-levenshtein

Remove node-fast-levenshtein Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-fast-levenshtein

Remove node-fast-levenshtein configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-fast-levenshtein

Dependencies

node-fast-levenshtein have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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