How To Install node-bignumber on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is node-bignumber

node-bignumber is:

Features:

- Faster, smaller, and perhaps easier to use than Javascript versions of
  Java's BigDecimal
- 5 KB minified and gzipped
- Simple API but full-featured
- Works with numbers with or without fraction digits in bases from 2 to 36
  inclusive
- Replicates the toExponential, toFixed, toPrecision and toString methods of
  Javascript's Number type
- Includes a toFraction and a squareRoot method
- Stores values in an accessible decimal floating point format
- No dependencies
- Comprehensive documentation and test set

If an even smaller and simpler library is required see big.js. It’s half the size but only works with decimal numbers and only has half the methods. It neither allows NaN or Infinity, or have the configuration options of this library.

This package provides bignumber support to Node.js.

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-bignumber

Install node-bignumber Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-bignumber

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

sudo aptitude -y install node-bignumber

How To Uninstall node-bignumber on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove node-bignumber

Uninstall node-bignumber And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-bignumber

Remove node-bignumber Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-bignumber

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

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

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

Dependencies

node-bignumber have the following dependencies:

• nodejs

References

• node-bignumber website

Summary

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