How To Install node-openid on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is node-openid

node-openid is:

This library implements OpenID client support for Node.js. Features include:

• Full OpenID 1.0/1.1/2.0 compliant Relying Party (client) implementation
• Very simple API
• Simple extension points for association state

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

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

sudo apt-get -y install node-openid

Install node-openid Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install node-openid

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

sudo aptitude -y install node-openid

How To Uninstall node-openid on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove node-openid

Uninstall node-openid And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove node-openid

Remove node-openid Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge node-openid

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

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

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

Dependencies

node-openid have the following dependencies:

• node-axios

References

• node-openid website

Summary

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