How To Install node-optimist on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is node-optimist

node-optimist is:

Optimist is a light-weight node.js library for option parsing.

It is a library for people who hate option parsing. More specifically, this module is for people who like all the –bells and -whistlz of program usage but think optstrings are a waste of time.

With optimist, option parsing doesn’t have to suck (as much).

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-optimist

Install node-optimist Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-optimist

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

sudo aptitude -y install node-optimist

How To Uninstall node-optimist on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove node-optimist

Uninstall node-optimist And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-optimist

Remove node-optimist Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-optimist

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

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

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

Dependencies

node-optimist have the following dependencies:

• nodejs
• node-minimist
• node-wordwrap

References

• node-optimist website

Summary

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