How To Install node-type-detect on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-type-detect on Kali Linux. node-type-detect is Improved typeof detection for node.js and the browser

Introduction

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

What is node-type-detect

node-type-detect is:

Type Detect is a module which you can use to detect the type of a given object. It returns a string representation of the object’s type, either using typeof or @@toStringTag.

It also normalizes some object names for consistency among browsers.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-type-detect

Install node-type-detect Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-type-detect

Install node-type-detect 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-type-detect using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-type-detect

How To Uninstall node-type-detect on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove node-type-detect

Uninstall node-type-detect And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-type-detect

Remove node-type-detect Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-type-detect

Remove node-type-detect configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-type-detect

Dependencies

node-type-detect have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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