How To Install node-cacache on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is node-cacache

node-cacache is:

This module is a Node.js library for managing local key and content address caches. It’s really fast, really good at concurrency, and it will never give you corrupted data, even if cache files get corrupted or manipulated.

It was originally written to be used as npm’s local cache, but can just as easily be used on its own.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-cacache

Install node-cacache Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-cacache

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

sudo aptitude -y install node-cacache

How To Uninstall node-cacache on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove node-cacache

Uninstall node-cacache And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-cacache

Remove node-cacache Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-cacache

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

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

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

Dependencies

node-cacache have the following dependencies:

• nodejs
• node-chownr
• node-glob
• node-graceful-fs
• node-lru-cache
• node-mkdirp
• node-move-concurrently
• node-p-map
• node-promise-inflight
• node-rimraf
• node-ssri
• node-unique-filename

References

• node-cacache website

Summary

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