How To Install node-sshpk on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is node-sshpk

node-sshpk is:

Parse, convert, fingerprint and use SSH keys (both public and private) in pure node – no ssh-keygen or other external dependencies.

Supports RSA, DSA, ECDSA (nistp-*) and ED25519 key types, in PEM (PKCS#1, PKCS#8) and OpenSSH formats.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-sshpk

Install node-sshpk Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-sshpk

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

sudo aptitude -y install node-sshpk

How To Uninstall node-sshpk on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove node-sshpk

Uninstall node-sshpk And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-sshpk

Remove node-sshpk Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-sshpk

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

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

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

Dependencies

node-sshpk have the following dependencies:

• nodejs
• node-asn1
• node-assert-plus
• node-bcrypt-pbkdf
• node-dashdash
• node-ecc-jsbn
• node-getpass
• node-jsbn
• node-tweetnacl

References

• node-sshpk website

Summary

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