How To Install mocha on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install mocha on Kali Linux.

What is mocha

mocha is:

Mocha is a feature-rich JavaScript test framework running on Node.js and browser, making asynchronous testing simple and fun.

Mocha tests run serially, allowing for flexible and accurate reporting, while mapping uncaught exceptions to the correct test cases.

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

There are three methods to install mocha 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 mocha Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install mocha

Install mocha Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install mocha using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install mocha

Install mocha 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 mocha using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install mocha

How To Uninstall mocha on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the mocha package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove mocha

Uninstall mocha And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove mocha

Remove mocha Configurations and Data

To remove mocha configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge mocha

Remove mocha configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mocha

Dependencies

mocha have the following dependencies:

• node-ansi-colors
• node-browser-stdout
• node-camelcase
• node-chalk
• node-chokidar
• node-debug
• node-decamelize
• node-diff
• node-escape-string-regexp
• node-find-up
• node-glob
• node-growl
• node-he
• node-is-plain-obj
• node-js-yaml
• node-minimatch
• node-ms
• node-serialize-javascript
• node-strip-json-comments
• node-supports-color
• node-which
• node-wide-align
• node-yargs
• node-yargs-parser
• nodejs

References

• mocha website

Summary

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