How To Install node-commander on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is node-commander

node-commander is:

Commander is a light-weight, expressive, and powerful command-line framework for Node.js.

Inspired by Ruby’s commander, this Node.js module provides command line option parsing, automated/customizable help texts, command line prompting password query, and many more features.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-commander

Install node-commander Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-commander

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

sudo aptitude -y install node-commander

How To Uninstall node-commander on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove node-commander

Uninstall node-commander And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-commander

Remove node-commander Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-commander

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

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

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

Dependencies

node-commander have the following dependencies:

• nodejs

References

• node-commander website

Summary

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