How To Install node-methods on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is node-methods

node-methods is:

Simple module which exports the HTTP verbs that node core’s parser supports.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-methods

Install node-methods Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-methods

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

sudo aptitude -y install node-methods

How To Uninstall node-methods on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove node-methods

Uninstall node-methods And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-methods

Remove node-methods Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-methods

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

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

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

Dependencies

node-methods have the following dependencies:

• nodejs

References

• node-methods website

Summary

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