How To Install node-cliui on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is node-cliui

node-cliui is:

Exposes a simple layout Domain Specific Language (DSL), reminiscent of HTML (with div and span elements) that makes it possible to easily create command-line-interfaces (CLIs).

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-cliui

Install node-cliui Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-cliui

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

sudo aptitude -y install node-cliui

How To Uninstall node-cliui on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove node-cliui

Uninstall node-cliui And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-cliui

Remove node-cliui Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-cliui

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

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

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

Dependencies

node-cliui have the following dependencies:

• nodejs
• node-string-width
• node-strip-ansi
• node-wrap-ansi

References

• node-cliui website

Summary

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