How To Install node-vows on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install node-vows on Kali Linux. node-vows is asynchronous BDD & continuous integration for Node

Introduction

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

What is node-vows

node-vows is:

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

Vows is a behavior driven development (BDD) framework for Node.

Vows was built from the ground up to test asynchronous code. It executes your tests in parallel when it makes sense, and sequentially when there are dependencies.

Emphasis was put on speed of execution, clarity and user experience.

This package contains the vows library for Node, and the script vows for running tests from the commandline.

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-vows

Install node-vows Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-vows

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

sudo aptitude -y install node-vows

How To Uninstall node-vows on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove node-vows

Uninstall node-vows And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-vows

Remove node-vows Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-vows

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

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

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

Dependencies

node-vows have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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