How To Install node-optionator on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is node-optionator

node-optionator is:

Optionator is a JavaScript option parsing and help generation library used by eslint, Grasp, LiveScript, esmangle, escodegen, and many more.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-optionator

Install node-optionator Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-optionator

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

sudo aptitude -y install node-optionator

How To Uninstall node-optionator on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove node-optionator

Uninstall node-optionator And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-optionator

Remove node-optionator Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-optionator

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

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

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

Dependencies

node-optionator have the following dependencies:

• node-deep-is
• node-fast-levenshtein
• node-levn
• node-prelude-ls
• node-type-check
• node-wordwrap

References

• node-optionator website

Summary

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