How To Install node-cosmiconfig on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-cosmiconfig on Kali Linux. node-cosmiconfig is Find and load configuration from different locations

Introduction

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

What is `node-cosmiconfig`

node-cosmiconfig is:

Find and load a configuration object from

a package.json property (anywhere up the directory tree)
a JSON or YAML “rc file” (anywhere up the directory tree)
a .config.js CommonJS module (anywhere up the directory tree)

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-cosmiconfig

Install node-cosmiconfig Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-cosmiconfig

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

sudo aptitude -y install node-cosmiconfig

How To Uninstall node-cosmiconfig on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove node-cosmiconfig

Uninstall node-cosmiconfig And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-cosmiconfig

Remove node-cosmiconfig Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-cosmiconfig

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

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

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

Dependencies

node-cosmiconfig have the following dependencies:

References

node-cosmiconfig website

Summary

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