How To Install node-buf-compare on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-buf-compare on Kali Linux.

What is node-buf-compare

node-buf-compare is:

It allows Buffer.compare() to work in old version of nodejs .

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-buf-compare

Install node-buf-compare Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-buf-compare

Install node-buf-compare 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-buf-compare using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-buf-compare

How To Uninstall node-buf-compare on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the node-buf-compare package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove node-buf-compare

Uninstall node-buf-compare And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-buf-compare

Remove node-buf-compare Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-buf-compare

Remove node-buf-compare configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-buf-compare

Dependencies

node-buf-compare have the following dependencies:

• nodejs

References

• node-buf-compare website

Summary

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