How To Install node-mocks-http on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-mocks-http on Kali Linux. node-mocks-http is Mock http objects for testing Express routing functions

Introduction

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

What is node-mocks-http

node-mocks-http is:

Mock ‘http’ objects for testing Express routing functions, but could be used for testing any Node.js web server applications that have code that requires mockups of the request and response objects

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-mocks-http

Install node-mocks-http Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-mocks-http

Install node-mocks-http 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-mocks-http using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-mocks-http

How To Uninstall node-mocks-http on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove node-mocks-http

Uninstall node-mocks-http And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-mocks-http

Remove node-mocks-http Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-mocks-http

Remove node-mocks-http configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-mocks-http

Dependencies

node-mocks-http have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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