How To Install node-package-preamble on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is node-package-preamble

node-package-preamble is:

Generates a minimalist preamble from a package.json. For example, // https://example.com/hello-world Version 0.0.1. Copyright 2016 Alice Baker. is generated by this tool.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-package-preamble

Install node-package-preamble Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-package-preamble

Install node-package-preamble 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-package-preamble using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-package-preamble

How To Uninstall node-package-preamble on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove node-package-preamble

Uninstall node-package-preamble And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-package-preamble

Remove node-package-preamble Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-package-preamble

Remove node-package-preamble configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-package-preamble

Dependencies

node-package-preamble have the following dependencies:

• nodejs

References

• node-package-preamble website

Summary

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