How To Install ruby-adsf-live on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-adsf-live on Kali Linux. ruby-adsf-live is live reload support for ruby-adsf tiny static file server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-adsf-live on Kali Linux.

What is ruby-adsf-live

ruby-adsf-live is:

adsf (A Dead Simple Fileserver) is a tiny web server that can be spawned in any directory to serve static files. It can be used programmatically in Rack and other Ruby applications.

This package provide the adsf –live-reload support.

For example, the nanoc static website generator uses it its “live” command.

There are three methods to install ruby-adsf-live 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 ruby-adsf-live Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install ruby-adsf-live using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-adsf-live

Install ruby-adsf-live Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ruby-adsf-live using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ruby-adsf-live

Install ruby-adsf-live 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 ruby-adsf-live using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-adsf-live

How To Uninstall ruby-adsf-live on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the ruby-adsf-live package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ruby-adsf-live

Uninstall ruby-adsf-live And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-adsf-live

Remove ruby-adsf-live Configurations and Data

To remove ruby-adsf-live configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-adsf-live

Remove ruby-adsf-live configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ruby-adsf-live configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-adsf-live

Dependencies

ruby-adsf-live have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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