How To Install node-tar on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is node-tar

node-tar is:

node-tar is able to read and write tar archives generated by bsdtar, gnutar, solaris posix tar, and “Schilly” tar. node-tar is a well-tested essential piece of software for npm, the Node.js package manager.

This package includes components: chownr, minipass, fs-minipass, minizlib.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-tar

Install node-tar Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-tar

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

sudo aptitude -y install node-tar

How To Uninstall node-tar on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove node-tar

Uninstall node-tar And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-tar

Remove node-tar Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-tar

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

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

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

Dependencies

node-tar have the following dependencies:

• nodejs
• node-chownr
• node-mkdirp
• node-safe-buffer
• node-yallist

References

• node-tar website

Summary

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