How To Install node-extglob on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is node-extglob

node-extglob is:

Node.js module that exports a function that takes a glob pattern as a string plus some options and returns an object with the parsed AST and the compiled output, which is a regex-compatible string that can be used for matching.

It handles negation patterns and nested patterns, and is compatible with globbing in Bash 4.3.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-extglob

Install node-extglob Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-extglob

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

sudo aptitude -y install node-extglob

How To Uninstall node-extglob on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove node-extglob

Uninstall node-extglob And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-extglob

Remove node-extglob Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-extglob

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

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

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

Dependencies

node-extglob have the following dependencies:

• nodejs
• node-array-unique
• node-define-property
• node-expand-brackets
• node-extend-shallow
• node-fragment-cache
• node-regex-not
• node-snapdragon
• node-to-regex

References

• node-extglob website

Summary

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