How To Install node-leveldown on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-leveldown on Kali Linux.
What is node-leveldown
node-leveldown is:
LevelDOWN provides a Node.js JavaScript API to the LevelDB C library. It provides the ability to open and close a LevelDB instance, as well as the put, get, del, and batch operations.
Node.js is an event-based server-side javascript engine.
There are three methods to install node-leveldown 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-leveldown Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install node-leveldown using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-leveldownInstall node-leveldown Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install node-leveldown using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-leveldownInstall node-leveldown 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install node-leveldown using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-leveldownHow To Uninstall node-leveldown on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the node-leveldown package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-leveldownUninstall node-leveldown And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-leveldown and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-leveldownRemove node-leveldown Configurations and Data
To remove node-leveldown configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-leveldownRemove node-leveldown configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-leveldown configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-leveldownDependencies
node-leveldown have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-leveldown package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.