How To Install node-telegram-bot-api on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-telegram-bot-api on Kali Linux. node-telegram-bot-api is node.js module for Telegram Bot API

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-telegram-bot-api on Kali Linux.

What is node-telegram-bot-api

node-telegram-bot-api is:

This package contains the node.js module for Telegram Bot API. You can use it simply as an API if you want to implement logic by yourself, or you can enable retrieving of updates and get messages sent to your bot in a callback

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

There are three methods to install node-telegram-bot-api 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-telegram-bot-api 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-telegram-bot-api using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install node-telegram-bot-api

Install node-telegram-bot-api Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-telegram-bot-api

Install node-telegram-bot-api 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-telegram-bot-api using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-telegram-bot-api

How To Uninstall node-telegram-bot-api on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the node-telegram-bot-api package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove node-telegram-bot-api

Uninstall node-telegram-bot-api And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-telegram-bot-api

Remove node-telegram-bot-api Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-telegram-bot-api

Remove node-telegram-bot-api configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-telegram-bot-api

Dependencies

node-telegram-bot-api have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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