How To Install node-solid-rest on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is node-solid-rest

node-solid-rest is:

Solid REST sits between auth modules like solid-auth-client and solid-auth-cli to handle requests for file:// and app:// URIs and then uses the appropriate storage module to do the work.

Solid (Social Linked Data) is a web decentralization project with the aims to radically change the way web applications work by developing a platform for linked-data applications that are completely decentralized and fully under users’ control rather than controlled by other entities.

This package contains Solid REST usable with Nodejs.

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-solid-rest

Install node-solid-rest Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-solid-rest

Install node-solid-rest 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-solid-rest using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-solid-rest

How To Uninstall node-solid-rest on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove node-solid-rest

Uninstall node-solid-rest And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-solid-rest

Remove node-solid-rest Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-solid-rest

Remove node-solid-rest configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-solid-rest

Dependencies

node-solid-rest have the following dependencies:

• nodejs
• node-fetch
• node-mime-types
• node-fs-extra
• node-concat-stream

References

• node-solid-rest website

Summary

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