How To Install node-external-editor on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is node-external-editor

node-external-editor is:

Node.js module to edit a string with the users preferred text editor, using either $VISUAL or $ENVIRONMENT.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-external-editor

Install node-external-editor Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-external-editor

Install node-external-editor 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-external-editor using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-external-editor

How To Uninstall node-external-editor on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove node-external-editor

Uninstall node-external-editor And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-external-editor

Remove node-external-editor Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-external-editor

Remove node-external-editor configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-external-editor

Dependencies

node-external-editor have the following dependencies:

• node-iconv-lite
• node-jschardet
• node-tmp
• nodejs

References

• node-external-editor website

Summary

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