How To Install node-debug on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is node-debug

node-debug is:

node-debug provides a small debugging utility for Node.js modules.

With this module you simply invoke the exported function to generate your debug function, passing it a name which will determine if a noop function is returned, or a decorated console.error, so all of the console format string goodies you’re used to work fine. A unique color is selected per-function for visibility.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-debug

Install node-debug Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-debug

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

sudo aptitude -y install node-debug

How To Uninstall node-debug on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove node-debug

Uninstall node-debug And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-debug

Remove node-debug Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-debug

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

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

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

Dependencies

node-debug have the following dependencies:

• node-ms
• nodejs

References

• node-debug website

Summary

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