How To Install node-passport on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is node-passport

node-passport is:

Passport is an authentication middleware for Node.js. Extremely flexible and modular, Passport can be unobtrusively dropped in to any Connect/Express-based web application.

It provides a comprehensive set of authentication systems: using a username and password, social networks credentials, OpenID, and more.

This package only provides the general framework and the “session” authorization strategy: other systems are packaged separately, please install the ones you need.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-passport

Install node-passport Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-passport

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

sudo aptitude -y install node-passport

How To Uninstall node-passport on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove node-passport

Uninstall node-passport And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-passport

Remove node-passport Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-passport

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

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

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

Dependencies

node-passport have the following dependencies:

• nodejs

References

• node-passport website

Summary

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