How To Install node-v8flags on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-v8flags on Kali Linux.

What is node-v8flags

node-v8flags is:

This package get flags passed to Node.js embedded V8 Javascript engine.

V8 is a high performance JavaScript engine written in C++.

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

There are three methods to install node-v8flags 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-v8flags 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-v8flags using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install node-v8flags

Install node-v8flags Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install node-v8flags using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install node-v8flags

Install node-v8flags 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-v8flags using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-v8flags

How To Uninstall node-v8flags on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the node-v8flags package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove node-v8flags

Uninstall node-v8flags And Its Dependencies

To uninstall node-v8flags and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-v8flags

Remove node-v8flags Configurations and Data

To remove node-v8flags configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge node-v8flags

Remove node-v8flags configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove node-v8flags configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-v8flags

Dependencies

node-v8flags have the following dependencies:

• nodejs

References

• node-v8flags website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-v8flags package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.