How To Install libjs-jsencrypt on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is libjs-jsencrypt

libjs-jsencrypt is:

JSEncrypt provides a simple wrapper around the fantastic work done by Tom Wu for RSA Encryption in JavaScript (ie: the jsbn Javascript library). JSEncrypt works hand-in-hand with openssl.

With JSEncrypt, you can generate private and public keypairs, then use them to encrypt and decrypt.

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

sudo apt-get -y install libjs-jsencrypt

Install libjs-jsencrypt Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install libjs-jsencrypt

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

sudo aptitude -y install libjs-jsencrypt

How To Uninstall libjs-jsencrypt on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove libjs-jsencrypt

Uninstall libjs-jsencrypt And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove libjs-jsencrypt

Remove libjs-jsencrypt Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge libjs-jsencrypt

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

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

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

Dependencies

libjs-jsencrypt have the following dependencies:

References

• libjs-jsencrypt website

Summary

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