How To Install node-growl on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is node-growl

node-growl is:

Growl support for Nodejs. Essentially a port of the Ruby Growl Library from the same author.

Growl is a cross platform notification system.

Applications can use Growl to display small notifications about events which may be important to the user.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-growl

Install node-growl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-growl

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

sudo aptitude -y install node-growl

How To Uninstall node-growl on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove node-growl

Uninstall node-growl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-growl

Remove node-growl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-growl

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

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

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

Dependencies

node-growl have the following dependencies:

• libnotify-bin
• nodejs

References

• node-growl website

Summary

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