How To Install nodejs on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install nodejs on Kali Linux.

What is nodejs

nodejs is:

Node.js is a platform built on Chrome’s JavaScript runtime for easily building fast, scalable network applications. Node.js uses an event-driven, non-blocking I/O model that makes it lightweight and efficient, perfect for data-intensive real-time applications that run across distributed devices.

Node.js is bundled with several useful libraries to handle server tasks:

System, Events, Standard I/O, Modules, Timers, Child Processes, POSIX, HTTP, Multipart Parsing, TCP, DNS, Assert, Path, URL, Query Strings.

There are three methods to install nodejs 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 nodejs Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install nodejs

Install nodejs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install nodejs using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install nodejs

Install nodejs 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 nodejs using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install nodejs

How To Uninstall nodejs on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the nodejs package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove nodejs

Uninstall nodejs And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove nodejs

Remove nodejs Configurations and Data

To remove nodejs configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge nodejs

Remove nodejs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge nodejs

Dependencies

nodejs have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libnode72

References

• nodejs website

Summary

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