How To Install node-iconv on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is node-iconv

node-iconv is:

node-iconv provides a simple interface for converting text from one character encoding to another.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-iconv

Install node-iconv Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-iconv

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

sudo aptitude -y install node-iconv

How To Uninstall node-iconv on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove node-iconv

Uninstall node-iconv And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-iconv

Remove node-iconv Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-iconv

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

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

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

Dependencies

node-iconv have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libnode72
• libstdc++6

References

• node-iconv website

Summary

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