How To Install node-require-directory on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is node-require-directory

node-require-directory is:

Recursively iterates over specified directory, require()‘ing each file, and returning a nested hash structure containing those modules.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-require-directory

Install node-require-directory Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-require-directory

Install node-require-directory 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-require-directory using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-require-directory

How To Uninstall node-require-directory on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove node-require-directory

Uninstall node-require-directory And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-require-directory

Remove node-require-directory Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-require-directory

Remove node-require-directory configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-require-directory

Dependencies

node-require-directory have the following dependencies:

• nodejs

References

• node-require-directory website

Summary

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