How To Install node-cli-cursor on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is node-cli-cursor

node-cli-cursor is:

Node.js module to toggle the CLI cursor; the cursor is gracefully restored if the process exits.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-cli-cursor

Install node-cli-cursor Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-cli-cursor

Install node-cli-cursor 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-cli-cursor using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-cli-cursor

How To Uninstall node-cli-cursor on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove node-cli-cursor

Uninstall node-cli-cursor And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-cli-cursor

Remove node-cli-cursor Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-cli-cursor

Remove node-cli-cursor configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-cli-cursor

Dependencies

node-cli-cursor have the following dependencies:

• node-restore-cursor
• nodejs

References

• node-cli-cursor website

Summary

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