How To Install node-diff on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-diff
on Kali Linux.
What is node-diff
node-diff is:
Node is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
jsdiff is a javascript text differencing implementation based on the algorithm proposed in “An O(ND) Difference Algorithm and its Variations” (Myers, 1986): http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.4.6927.
There are three methods to install node-diff
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-diff 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-diff
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-diff
Install node-diff Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-diff
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-diff
Install node-diff 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-diff
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-diff
How To Uninstall node-diff on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the node-diff
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-diff
Uninstall node-diff And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-diff
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-diff
Remove node-diff Configurations and Data
To remove node-diff
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-diff
Remove node-diff configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-diff
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-diff
Dependencies
node-diff have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-diff
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.