How To Install libnode72 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnode72 on Kali Linux.

What is libnode72

libnode72 is:

Node.js is a platform built on Chrome’s JavaScript runtime for easily building fast, scalable network applications. Node.js uses an event-driven, non-blocking I/O model that makes it lightweight and efficient, perfect for data-intensive real-time applications that run across distributed devices.

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.

This package provides the dynamic library for Node.js.

There are three methods to install libnode72 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 libnode72 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install libnode72 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install libnode72

Install libnode72 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install libnode72 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install libnode72

Install libnode72 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 libnode72 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libnode72

How To Uninstall libnode72 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libnode72 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libnode72

Uninstall libnode72 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall libnode72 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libnode72

Remove libnode72 Configurations and Data

To remove libnode72 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge libnode72

Remove libnode72 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove libnode72 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libnode72

Dependencies

libnode72 have the following dependencies:

• libbrotli1
• libc-ares2
• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libicu67
• libnghttp2-14
• libssl1.1
• libstdc++6
• zlib1g

References

• libnode72 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install libnode72 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.