How To Install node-tweetnacl on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is node-tweetnacl

node-tweetnacl is:

The primary goal of this project is to produce a translation of TweetNaCl to JavaScript which is as close as possible to the original C implementation, plus a thin layer of idiomatic high-level API on top of it.

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-tweetnacl

Install node-tweetnacl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-tweetnacl

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

sudo aptitude -y install node-tweetnacl

How To Uninstall node-tweetnacl on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove node-tweetnacl

Uninstall node-tweetnacl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-tweetnacl

Remove node-tweetnacl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-tweetnacl

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

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

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

Dependencies

node-tweetnacl have the following dependencies:

• nodejs

References

• node-tweetnacl website

Summary

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