How To Install node-os-tmpdir on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is node-os-tmpdir

node-os-tmpdir is:

Ponyfill: A polyfill that doesn’t overwrite the native method.

Use this instead of require(‘os’).tmpdir() to get a consistent behaviour on different Node.js versions (even 0.8).

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-os-tmpdir

Install node-os-tmpdir Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-os-tmpdir

Install node-os-tmpdir 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-os-tmpdir using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-os-tmpdir

How To Uninstall node-os-tmpdir on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove node-os-tmpdir

Uninstall node-os-tmpdir And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-os-tmpdir

Remove node-os-tmpdir Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-os-tmpdir

Remove node-os-tmpdir configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-os-tmpdir

Dependencies

node-os-tmpdir have the following dependencies:

• nodejs

References

• node-os-tmpdir website

Summary

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