How To Install libjs-hooker on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install libjs-hooker on Kali Linux.

What is libjs-hooker

libjs-hooker is:

This is the javascript library of hooker Node.js module.

Hooker provides 4 functions that include ‘hook’ and ‘unhook’, useful for debug an object call, as well as an ‘override’ function if you want to replace the return of a function.

There are three methods to install libjs-hooker 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 libjs-hooker Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install libjs-hooker

Install libjs-hooker Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libjs-hooker

Install libjs-hooker 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 libjs-hooker using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install libjs-hooker

How To Uninstall libjs-hooker on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the libjs-hooker package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove libjs-hooker

Uninstall libjs-hooker And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libjs-hooker

Remove libjs-hooker Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libjs-hooker

Remove libjs-hooker configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libjs-hooker

Dependencies

libjs-hooker have the following dependencies:

References

• libjs-hooker website

Summary

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