How To Install node-htmlescape on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is node-htmlescape

node-htmlescape is:

This module escape a string to be safe for use in html particularly inside a script tag.

In programming languages escape sequences are used in character literals and string literals, to express characters which are not printable or clash with the syntax of characters or strings.

This module is a dependency of browserify, a tool that allows one to write Node.js-style modules that compile for use in the browser.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-htmlescape

Install node-htmlescape Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-htmlescape

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

sudo aptitude -y install node-htmlescape

How To Uninstall node-htmlescape on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove node-htmlescape

Uninstall node-htmlescape And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-htmlescape

Remove node-htmlescape Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-htmlescape

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

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

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

Dependencies

node-htmlescape have the following dependencies:

• nodejs

References

• node-htmlescape website

Summary

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