How To Install node-escodegen on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is node-escodegen

node-escodegen is:

This is an ECMAScript (also popularly known as JavaScript) code generator from Mozilla’s Parser API AST.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-escodegen

Install node-escodegen Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-escodegen

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

sudo aptitude -y install node-escodegen

How To Uninstall node-escodegen on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove node-escodegen

Uninstall node-escodegen And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-escodegen

Remove node-escodegen Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-escodegen

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

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

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

Dependencies

node-escodegen have the following dependencies:

• node-esprima
• node-estraverse
• node-esutils
• node-optionator
• node-source-map
• nodejs

References

• node-escodegen website

Summary

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