How To Install node-bcrypt-pbkdf on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is node-bcrypt-pbkdf

node-bcrypt-pbkdf is:

Port of the OpenBSD bcrypt_pbkdf function to pure Javascript. npm-ified version of Devi Mandiri’s port, with some minor performance improvements. The code is copied verbatim (and un-styled) from Devi’s work.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-bcrypt-pbkdf

Install node-bcrypt-pbkdf Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-bcrypt-pbkdf

Install node-bcrypt-pbkdf 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-bcrypt-pbkdf using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-bcrypt-pbkdf

How To Uninstall node-bcrypt-pbkdf on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove node-bcrypt-pbkdf

Uninstall node-bcrypt-pbkdf And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-bcrypt-pbkdf

Remove node-bcrypt-pbkdf Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-bcrypt-pbkdf

Remove node-bcrypt-pbkdf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-bcrypt-pbkdf

Dependencies

node-bcrypt-pbkdf have the following dependencies:

• nodejs
• node-tweetnacl

References

• node-bcrypt-pbkdf website

Summary

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