How To Install node-xdg-basedir on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is node-xdg-basedir

node-xdg-basedir is:

It supports retrieving user specific paths for data files, configuration files, non-essential data files, non-essential runtime files and other file objects (such as sockets, named pipes, etc). Properties: data, config, cache, runtime, dataDirs, configDirs.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-xdg-basedir

Install node-xdg-basedir Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-xdg-basedir

Install node-xdg-basedir 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-xdg-basedir using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-xdg-basedir

How To Uninstall node-xdg-basedir on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove node-xdg-basedir

Uninstall node-xdg-basedir And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-xdg-basedir

Remove node-xdg-basedir Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-xdg-basedir

Remove node-xdg-basedir configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-xdg-basedir

Dependencies

node-xdg-basedir have the following dependencies:

• nodejs

References

• node-xdg-basedir website

Summary

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