How To Install node-ansi-font on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-ansi-font on Kali Linux.

What is node-ansi-font

node-ansi-font is:

ANSI escape codes (or escape sequences) are a method using in-band signaling to control the formatting, color, and other output options on video text terminals.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-ansi-font

Install node-ansi-font Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-ansi-font

Install node-ansi-font 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-ansi-font using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-ansi-font

How To Uninstall node-ansi-font on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the node-ansi-font package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove node-ansi-font

Uninstall node-ansi-font And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-ansi-font

Remove node-ansi-font Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-ansi-font

Remove node-ansi-font configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-ansi-font

Dependencies

node-ansi-font have the following dependencies:

• nodejs

References

• node-ansi-font website

Summary

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