How To Install yui-compressor on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install yui-compressor on Kali Linux.
What is yui-compressor
yui-compressor is:
The YUI Compressor is a JavaScript compressor which, in addition to removing comments and white-spaces, obfuscates local variables using the smallest possible variable name. This obfuscation is safe, even when using constructs such as ’eval’ or ‘with’ (although the compression is not optimal is those cases) Compared to jsmin, the average savings is around 20%.
The YUI Compressor is also able to safely compress CSS files. The decision on which compressor is being used is made on the file extension (js or css).
There are three methods to install yui-compressor 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 yui-compressor Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install yui-compressor using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install yui-compressorInstall yui-compressor Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install yui-compressor using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install yui-compressorInstall yui-compressor 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install yui-compressor using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install yui-compressorHow To Uninstall yui-compressor on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the yui-compressor package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove yui-compressorUninstall yui-compressor And Its Dependencies
To uninstall yui-compressor and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove yui-compressorRemove yui-compressor Configurations and Data
To remove yui-compressor configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge yui-compressorRemove yui-compressor configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove yui-compressor configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yui-compressorDependencies
yui-compressor have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install yui-compressor package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
