How To Install node-url on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is node-url

node-url is:

This package provides utilities for URL resolution and parsing.

This module creates an url object which contain properties holding different parts of the url.

This module is used by browserify and is meant to have feature parity with node.js core url module.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-url

Install node-url Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-url

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

sudo aptitude -y install node-url

How To Uninstall node-url on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove node-url

Uninstall node-url And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-url

Remove node-url Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-url

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

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

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

Dependencies

node-url have the following dependencies:

• nodejs
• node-punycode
• node-querystring

References

• node-url website

Summary

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