How To Install node-date-now on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-date-now on Kali Linux.
What is node-date-now
node-date-now is:
Use-case is to be able to mock out Date.now() using require interception. For example var now = require(“date-now”) var ts = now() var ts2 = Date.now() assert.equal(ts, ts2) Example of seed: var now = require(“date-now/seed”)(timeStampFromServer) // ts is in “sync” with the seed value from the server // useful if your users have their local time being a few minutes // out of your server time. var ts = now()
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-date-now 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-date-now Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install node-date-now using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-date-nowInstall node-date-now Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install node-date-now using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-date-nowInstall node-date-now 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install node-date-now using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-date-nowHow To Uninstall node-date-now on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the node-date-now package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-date-nowUninstall node-date-now And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-date-now and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-date-nowRemove node-date-now Configurations and Data
To remove node-date-now configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-date-nowRemove node-date-now configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-date-now configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-date-nowDependencies
node-date-now have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-date-now package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
