How To Install node-serve-static on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-serve-static on Kali Linux. node-serve-static is static files server module for Node.js

Introduction

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

What is node-serve-static

node-serve-static is:

Simple and fast deploy module to serve static files in your web applications.

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

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

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

Install node-serve-static Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-serve-static

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

sudo aptitude -y install node-serve-static

How To Uninstall node-serve-static on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove node-serve-static

Uninstall node-serve-static And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove node-serve-static Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

node-serve-static have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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