How To Install node-ncp on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is node-ncp

node-ncp is:

ncp is a Node.js module which provides asynchronous recursive file and directory copying.

ncp supports several options to filter, transform the stream, disable clobber, dereference, stop on error, catch errors in a stream.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-ncp

Install node-ncp Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-ncp

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

sudo aptitude -y install node-ncp

How To Uninstall node-ncp on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove node-ncp

Uninstall node-ncp And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-ncp

Remove node-ncp Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-ncp

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

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

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

Dependencies

node-ncp have the following dependencies:

• nodejs

References

• node-ncp website

Summary

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