How To Install node-tacks on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is node-tacks

node-tacks is:

This module is a plugin for tap testing framework.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-tacks

Install node-tacks Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-tacks

Install node-tacks 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-tacks using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-tacks

How To Uninstall node-tacks on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove node-tacks

Uninstall node-tacks And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-tacks

Remove node-tacks Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-tacks

Remove node-tacks configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-tacks

Dependencies

node-tacks have the following dependencies:

• node-graceful-fs
• node-mkdirp
• node-rimraf
• node-yargs
• nodejs

References

• node-tacks website

Summary

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