How To Install node-security on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is node-security

node-security is:

Safely encode/decode HTML, Javascript and CSS data compliant to the standard as demanded by the OWASP (Open Web Application Security Project) when using Node.js.

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-security

Install node-security Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-security

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

sudo aptitude -y install node-security

How To Uninstall node-security on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove node-security

Uninstall node-security And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-security

Remove node-security Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-security

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

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

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

Dependencies

node-security have the following dependencies:

• nodejs

References

• node-security website

Summary

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