How To Install node-anymatch on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is node-anymatch

node-anymatch is:

Javascript module to match a string against a regular expression, glob, string, or function that takes the string as an argument and returns a truthy or falsy value. The matcher can also be an array of any or all of these. Useful for allowing a very flexible user-defined config to define things like file paths.

It is a dependency for ava, a futuristic test-runner

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-anymatch

Install node-anymatch Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-anymatch

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

sudo aptitude -y install node-anymatch

How To Uninstall node-anymatch on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove node-anymatch

Uninstall node-anymatch And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-anymatch

Remove node-anymatch Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-anymatch

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

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

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

Dependencies

node-anymatch have the following dependencies:

• nodejs
• node-normalize-path

References

• node-anymatch website

Summary

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