How To Install node-mermaid on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is node-mermaid

node-mermaid is:

sequence diagrams, class diagrams, gantt charts and git graphs.

It can help visualize flowcharts, diagrams, ganttcharts and git charts can be scripted in a markdown syntax, with a varitety of different symbols and chart types available. Since the diagram source is text based, it can be part of production scipts.

Automates the diagram generation instead of making it manually.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-mermaid

Install node-mermaid Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-mermaid

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

sudo aptitude -y install node-mermaid

How To Uninstall node-mermaid on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove node-mermaid

Uninstall node-mermaid And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-mermaid

Remove node-mermaid Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-mermaid

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

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

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

Dependencies

node-mermaid have the following dependencies:

• nodejs

References

• node-mermaid website

Summary

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