How To Install node-aws4 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-aws4 on Kali Linux.

What is node-aws4

node-aws4 is:

A small utility to sign vanilla node.js http(s) request options using Amazon’s AWS Signature Version 4. Can also be used in the browser

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

There are three methods to install node-aws4 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-aws4 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-aws4 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install node-aws4

Install node-aws4 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install node-aws4 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install node-aws4

Install node-aws4 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-aws4 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-aws4

How To Uninstall node-aws4 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the node-aws4 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove node-aws4

Uninstall node-aws4 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall node-aws4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-aws4

Remove node-aws4 Configurations and Data

To remove node-aws4 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge node-aws4

Remove node-aws4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove node-aws4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-aws4

Dependencies

node-aws4 have the following dependencies:

• nodejs

References

• node-aws4 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-aws4 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.