How To Install node-string-width on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is node-string-width

node-string-width is:

Some Unicode characters use more or less than the normal width when output to the command-line.

This nodejs module gets the visual width of a string i.e. the actual number of columns required to display it.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-string-width

Install node-string-width Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-string-width

Install node-string-width 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-string-width using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-string-width

How To Uninstall node-string-width on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove node-string-width

Uninstall node-string-width And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-string-width

Remove node-string-width Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-string-width

Remove node-string-width configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-string-width

Dependencies

node-string-width have the following dependencies:

• node-strip-ansi
• node-wcwidth.js
• nodejs

References

• node-string-width website

Summary

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