How To Install node-sax on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is node-sax

node-sax is:

A sax-style parser for XML and HTML.

It’s a very simple tool to parse through an XML string, or to create a streaming HTML parser.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-sax

Install node-sax Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-sax

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

sudo aptitude -y install node-sax

How To Uninstall node-sax on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove node-sax

Uninstall node-sax And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-sax

Remove node-sax Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-sax

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

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

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

Dependencies

node-sax have the following dependencies:

• libjs-sax
• nodejs

References

• node-sax website

Summary

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