How To Install node-node-sass on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is node-node-sass

node-node-sass is:

Node-sass is a library that provides binding for Node.js to LibSass.

LibSass is the C version of the popular stylesheet preprocessor, Sass.

It allows you to natively compile .scss files to css at incredible speed and automatically via a connect middleware.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-node-sass

Install node-node-sass Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-node-sass

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

sudo aptitude -y install node-node-sass

How To Uninstall node-node-sass on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove node-node-sass

Uninstall node-node-sass And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-node-sass

Remove node-node-sass Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-node-sass

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

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

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

Dependencies

node-node-sass have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libnode72
• libsass1
• libstdc++6
• nodejs
• node-chalk
• node-get-stdin
• node-glob
• node-globule
• node-gyp
• node-lodash
• node-meow
• node-mkdirp
• node-nan
• node-npmlog
• node-readable-stream
• node-source-map
• node-yargs

References

• node-node-sass website

Summary

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