How To Install node-hooker on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is node-hooker

node-hooker is:

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

Hooker provides 4 functions that include ‘hook’ and ‘unhook’, useful for debug object call, as well as an ‘override’ function to replace the return of a function.

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-hooker

Install node-hooker Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-hooker

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

sudo aptitude -y install node-hooker

How To Uninstall node-hooker on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove node-hooker

Uninstall node-hooker And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-hooker

Remove node-hooker Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-hooker

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

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

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

Dependencies

node-hooker have the following dependencies:

• nodejs

References

• node-hooker website

Summary

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