How To Install node-bunyan on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is node-bunyan

node-bunyan is:

bunyan structures server logs in JSON format.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-bunyan

Install node-bunyan Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-bunyan

Install node-bunyan 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-bunyan using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-bunyan

How To Uninstall node-bunyan on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove node-bunyan

Uninstall node-bunyan And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-bunyan

Remove node-bunyan Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-bunyan

Remove node-bunyan configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-bunyan

Dependencies

node-bunyan have the following dependencies:

• node-dtrace-provider
• node-mkdirp
• node-moment
• node-ncp
• node-rimraf
• nodejs

References

• node-bunyan website

Summary

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