How To Install ruby-ffaker on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ruby-ffaker

ruby-ffaker is:

ffaker is a fork of faker, and was initially written in an effort to speed up a slow spec suite. Since those days faker has also been rewritten and the “speed” factor is probably irrelevant now. Bear in mind, if your spec suite is slow, chances are the generation of random data will probably not account for much of the run time.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-ffaker

Install ruby-ffaker Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-ffaker

Install ruby-ffaker 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-ffaker using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-ffaker

How To Uninstall ruby-ffaker on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-ffaker

Uninstall ruby-ffaker And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-ffaker

Remove ruby-ffaker Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-ffaker

Remove ruby-ffaker configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-ffaker

Dependencies

ruby-ffaker have the following dependencies:

References

• ruby-ffaker website

Summary

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