How To Install node-leaflet on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is node-leaflet

node-leaflet is:

Leaflet is a modern JavaScript library for mobile-friendly interactive maps. Weighing just about 27 KB of JS code, it has all the features most developers ever need for online maps.

Leaflet is designed with simplicity, performance and usability in mind. It works efficiently across all major desktop and mobile platforms out of the box, taking advantage of HTML5 and CSS3 on modern browsers while still being accessible on older ones. It can be extended with many plugins, has a beautiful, easy to use and well-documented API and a simple, readable source code that is a joy to contribute to.

This package provides Leaflet library usable with Node.js - an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-leaflet

Install node-leaflet Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-leaflet

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

sudo aptitude -y install node-leaflet

How To Uninstall node-leaflet on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove node-leaflet

Uninstall node-leaflet And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-leaflet

Remove node-leaflet Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-leaflet

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

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

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

Dependencies

node-leaflet have the following dependencies:

• libjs-leaflet
• nodejs

References

• node-leaflet website

Summary

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