How To Install node-serve-favicon on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-serve-favicon on Kali Linux. node-serve-favicon is favicon serving middleware with caching - Node.js module

Introduction

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

What is node-serve-favicon

node-serve-favicon is:

This package provides a connect/express middleware to serve a favicon from a given path. It also can serve the icon using a Buffer data. It is meant to be called early before other middlewares.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-serve-favicon

Install node-serve-favicon Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-serve-favicon

Install node-serve-favicon 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-serve-favicon using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-serve-favicon

How To Uninstall node-serve-favicon on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove node-serve-favicon

Uninstall node-serve-favicon And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-serve-favicon

Remove node-serve-favicon Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-serve-favicon

Remove node-serve-favicon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-serve-favicon

Dependencies

node-serve-favicon have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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