How To Install node-sourcemap-codec on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is node-sourcemap-codec

node-sourcemap-codec is:

This package makes generating sourcemap mappings easier, since that is a difficult task : the format uses variable-length quantities and uses relative offsets, so it can’t be done by chunks.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-sourcemap-codec

Install node-sourcemap-codec Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-sourcemap-codec

Install node-sourcemap-codec 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-sourcemap-codec using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-sourcemap-codec

How To Uninstall node-sourcemap-codec on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove node-sourcemap-codec

Uninstall node-sourcemap-codec And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-sourcemap-codec

Remove node-sourcemap-codec Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-sourcemap-codec

Remove node-sourcemap-codec configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-sourcemap-codec

Dependencies

node-sourcemap-codec have the following dependencies:

• node-vlq

References

• node-sourcemap-codec website

Summary

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