How To Install node-htmlparser2 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-htmlparser2 on Kali Linux.

What is node-htmlparser2

node-htmlparser2 is:

A forgiving HTML/XML/RSS parser written in JS for NodeJS. The parser can handle streams (chunked data) and supports custom handlers for writing custom DOMs/output.

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

There are three methods to install node-htmlparser2 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-htmlparser2 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-htmlparser2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install node-htmlparser2

Install node-htmlparser2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install node-htmlparser2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install node-htmlparser2

Install node-htmlparser2 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-htmlparser2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-htmlparser2

How To Uninstall node-htmlparser2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the node-htmlparser2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove node-htmlparser2

Uninstall node-htmlparser2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall node-htmlparser2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-htmlparser2

Remove node-htmlparser2 Configurations and Data

To remove node-htmlparser2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge node-htmlparser2

Remove node-htmlparser2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove node-htmlparser2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-htmlparser2

Dependencies

node-htmlparser2 have the following dependencies:

• node-domelementtype
• node-domhandler
• node-domutils
• node-entities

References

• node-htmlparser2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-htmlparser2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.