How To Install node-html5shiv on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-html5shiv on Kali Linux.

What is node-html5shiv

node-html5shiv is:

This package enables use of HTML5 sectioning elements in legacy Internet Explorer and provides basic HTML5 styling for Internet Explorer 6-9, Safari 4.x (and iPhone 3.x), and Firefox 3.x.

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

There are three methods to install node-html5shiv 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-html5shiv 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-html5shiv using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install node-html5shiv

Install node-html5shiv Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install node-html5shiv using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install node-html5shiv

Install node-html5shiv 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-html5shiv using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-html5shiv

How To Uninstall node-html5shiv on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the node-html5shiv package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove node-html5shiv

Uninstall node-html5shiv And Its Dependencies

To uninstall node-html5shiv and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-html5shiv

Remove node-html5shiv Configurations and Data

To remove node-html5shiv configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge node-html5shiv

Remove node-html5shiv configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove node-html5shiv configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-html5shiv

Dependencies

node-html5shiv have the following dependencies:

References

• node-html5shiv website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-html5shiv package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.