How To Install node-assert-plus on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is node-assert-plus

node-assert-plus is:

This library is a super small wrapper over node’s assert module that has two things: (1) the ability to disable assertions with the environment variable NODE_NDEBUG, and (2) some API wrappers for argument testing. Like assert.string(myArg, ‘myArg’)

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-assert-plus

Install node-assert-plus Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-assert-plus

Install node-assert-plus 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-assert-plus using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-assert-plus

How To Uninstall node-assert-plus on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove node-assert-plus

Uninstall node-assert-plus And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-assert-plus

Remove node-assert-plus Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-assert-plus

Remove node-assert-plus configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-assert-plus

Dependencies

node-assert-plus have the following dependencies:

• nodejs

References

• node-assert-plus website

Summary

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