How To Install node-on-headers on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is node-on-headers

node-on-headers is:

This module tracks when headers are written to a Node.js HTTP response and provides a facility for calling listeners before the headers are written.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-on-headers

Install node-on-headers Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-on-headers

Install node-on-headers 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-on-headers using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-on-headers

How To Uninstall node-on-headers on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove node-on-headers

Uninstall node-on-headers And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-on-headers

Remove node-on-headers Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-on-headers

Remove node-on-headers configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-on-headers

Dependencies

node-on-headers have the following dependencies:

• nodejs

References

• node-on-headers website

Summary

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