How To Install node-trust-webcrypto on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-trust-webcrypto on Kali Linux.
What is node-trust-webcrypto
node-trust-webcrypto is:
W3C’s Web Cryptography API, which defines a standard interface for performing cryptographic operations in JavaScript, such as key generation, hashing, signing, and encryption. This package implements the API for Node.js, in order to support universal crypto-dependent code required by protocols such as JOSE and OpenID Connect.
JOSE is a framework intended to provide a method to securely transfer claims (such as authorization information) between parties, e.g. in systems involving OAuth 2.0.
Connect (OIDC) is an authentication layer on top of OAuth 2.0, an authorization framework.
Node.js is an event-based server-side JavaScript engine.
There are three methods to install node-trust-webcrypto 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-trust-webcrypto Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install node-trust-webcrypto using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install node-trust-webcryptoInstall node-trust-webcrypto Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install node-trust-webcrypto using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install node-trust-webcryptoInstall node-trust-webcrypto 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install node-trust-webcrypto using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install node-trust-webcryptoHow To Uninstall node-trust-webcrypto on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the node-trust-webcrypto package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove node-trust-webcryptoUninstall node-trust-webcrypto And Its Dependencies
To uninstall node-trust-webcrypto and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-trust-webcryptoRemove node-trust-webcrypto Configurations and Data
To remove node-trust-webcrypto configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge node-trust-webcryptoRemove node-trust-webcrypto configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove node-trust-webcrypto configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge node-trust-webcryptoDependencies
node-trust-webcrypto have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install node-trust-webcrypto package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
