How To Install node-cryptiles on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is node-cryptiles

node-cryptiles is:

This library provides methods for generating cryptographically strong pseudo-random data (string or digits) of specified length. It can also compare two strings using fixed time algorithm (to prevent time-based analysis of MAC digest match).

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-cryptiles

Install node-cryptiles Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-cryptiles

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

sudo aptitude -y install node-cryptiles

How To Uninstall node-cryptiles on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove node-cryptiles

Uninstall node-cryptiles And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-cryptiles

Remove node-cryptiles Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-cryptiles

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

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

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

Dependencies

node-cryptiles have the following dependencies:

• node-hapi-boom
• nodejs

References

• node-cryptiles website

Summary

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