How To Install node-exit on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-exit on Kali Linux. node-exit is replacement for process.exit that ensures stdio is fully drained

Introduction

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

What is node-exit

node-exit is:

To make a long story short, if process.exit is called on Windows, script output is often truncated when pipe-redirecting stdout or stderr. This module attempts to work around this issue by waiting until those streams have been completely drained before actually calling process.exit.

See Node.js issue

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-exit

Install node-exit Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-exit

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

sudo aptitude -y install node-exit

How To Uninstall node-exit on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove node-exit

Uninstall node-exit And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-exit

Remove node-exit Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-exit

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

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

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

Dependencies

node-exit have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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