Install nodeJS on Kali Linux

install-nodejs-kali-linux.sh

#!/bin/bash
sudo apt-get install python g++ make checkinstall fakeroot
src=$(mktemp -d) && cd $src
wget -N http://nodejs.org/dist/node-latest.tar.gz
tar xzvf node-latest.tar.gz && cd node-v*
./configure
sudo fakeroot checkinstall -y --install=no --pkgversion $(echo $(pwd) | sed -n -re's/.+node-v(.+)$/\1/p') make -j$(($(nproc)+1)) install
sudo dpkg -i node_*

if you get "the trying to overwrite error" i.e.

Preparing to unpack .../nodejs_14.16.0-deb-1nodesource1_amd64.deb ...
Unpacking nodejs (14.16.0-deb-1nodesource1) over (12.21.0~dfsg-1) ...
dpkg: error processing archive /var/cache/apt/archives/nodejs_14.16.0-deb-1nodesource1_amd64.deb (--unpack):
 trying to overwrite '/usr/share/doc/nodejs/api/packages.html', which is also in package nodejs-doc 12.21.0~dfsg-1
dpkg-deb: error: paste subprocess was killed by signal (Broken pipe)
Errors were encountered while processing:
 /var/cache/apt/archives/nodejs_14.16.0-deb-1nodesource1_amd64.deb
needrestart is being skipped since dpkg has failed
E: Sub-process /usr/bin/dpkg returned an error code (1)

you can resolve it with

sudo dpkg -i --force-overwrite /var/cache/apt/archives/nodejs_14.16.0-deb-1nodesource1_amd64.deb
sudo apt --fix-broken install

check https://askubuntu.com/questions/1062171/dpkg-deb-error-paste-subprocess-was-killed-by-signal-broken-pipe for reference

UPDATE AS OF 2021

Check instructions here --> https://github.com/nodesource/distributions/blob/master/README.md#deb

Since Kali is Debian based what will apply is:

# Node.js LTS (v14.x):

# Using Debian, as root
curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_lts.x | bash -
apt-get install -y nodejs

# OR


curl -fsSL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_lts.x | sudo bash -
apt-get install -y nodejs

Well done simple solving and node js setup method for debian derivative