How To Install node-re2 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-re2 on Kali Linux.

What is node-re2

node-re2 is:

This package provides bindings to a safer alternative to the native JavaScript regular expression engine, without supporting features that are targets for Denial-Of-Service attacks, like backreferences and lookahead assertions.

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

There are three methods to install node-re2 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-re2 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-re2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install node-re2

Install node-re2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install node-re2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install node-re2

Install node-re2 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-re2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-re2

How To Uninstall node-re2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the node-re2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove node-re2

Uninstall node-re2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall node-re2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-re2

Remove node-re2 Configurations and Data

To remove node-re2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge node-re2

Remove node-re2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove node-re2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-re2

Dependencies

node-re2 have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libnode72
• libre2-9
• libstdc++6
• nodejs

References

• node-re2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-re2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.