How To Install node-agent-base on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is node-agent-base

node-agent-base is:

This module provides an http.Agent generator. That is, you pass it an async callback function, and it returns a new http.Agent instance that will invoke the given callback function when sending outbound HTTP requests.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-agent-base

Install node-agent-base Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-agent-base

Install node-agent-base 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-agent-base using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-agent-base

How To Uninstall node-agent-base on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove node-agent-base

Uninstall node-agent-base And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-agent-base

Remove node-agent-base Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-agent-base

Remove node-agent-base configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-agent-base

Dependencies

node-agent-base have the following dependencies:

• node-debug
• node-semver
• nodejs

References

• node-agent-base website

Summary

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