How To Install node-foreground-child on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-foreground-child
on Kali Linux.
What is node-foreground-child
node-foreground-child is:
This Node.js module emulate simple control group in pure javacript. It runs a child process as foreground process redirecting output to stdout and exiting main process as soon as child exist.
This module could be used for implementating TAP test for Node.js.
TAP is a simple text-based interface between testing modules implemented in many popular languages.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-foreground-child
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-foreground-child 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-foreground-child
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-foreground-child
Install node-foreground-child Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install node-foreground-child
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-foreground-child
Install node-foreground-child 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-foreground-child
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-foreground-child
How To Uninstall node-foreground-child on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the node-foreground-child
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-foreground-child
Uninstall node-foreground-child And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-foreground-child
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-foreground-child
Remove node-foreground-child Configurations and Data
To remove node-foreground-child
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-foreground-child
Remove node-foreground-child configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-foreground-child
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-foreground-child
Dependencies
node-foreground-child have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-foreground-child
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.