How To Install node-content-type on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is node-content-type

node-content-type is:

This module can be used to create and parse HTTP Content-Type header according to RFC 7231.

This module is a dependency of express, a web framework for Node.js.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-content-type

Install node-content-type Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-content-type

Install node-content-type 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-content-type using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-content-type

How To Uninstall node-content-type on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove node-content-type

Uninstall node-content-type And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-content-type

Remove node-content-type Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-content-type

Remove node-content-type configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-content-type

Dependencies

node-content-type have the following dependencies:

• nodejs

References

• node-content-type website

Summary

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