How To Install node-public-encrypt on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is node-public-encrypt

node-public-encrypt is:

This library provides publicEncrypt/privateDecrypt functions for browserify.

This library is a dependency for webpack. Webpack takes code targeted at node.js and makes it run in the browser. Node.js comes with API of its own that is not available in the browsers. Webpack exposes this code to programs that are unaware they are running in a browser.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-public-encrypt

Install node-public-encrypt Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-public-encrypt

Install node-public-encrypt 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-public-encrypt using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install node-public-encrypt

How To Uninstall node-public-encrypt on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove node-public-encrypt

Uninstall node-public-encrypt And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-public-encrypt

Remove node-public-encrypt Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-public-encrypt

Remove node-public-encrypt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-public-encrypt

Dependencies

node-public-encrypt have the following dependencies:

• nodejs
• node-browserify-rsa
• node-randombytes
• node-parse-asn1
• node-create-hash
• node-bn.js

References

• node-public-encrypt website

Summary

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