How To Install ruby-sasl on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-sasl
on Kali Linux.
What is ruby-sasl
ruby-sasl is:
This is a reusable Ruby library for client implementations that need to do authentication over Simple Authentication and Security Layer (RFC 4422). The library is mainly targeted at Jabber/XMPP libraries.
This is the pyu-ruby-sasl gem variant of the library.
There are three methods to install ruby-sasl
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-sasl 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-sasl
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-sasl
Install ruby-sasl Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-sasl
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-sasl
Install ruby-sasl 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-sasl
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-sasl
How To Uninstall ruby-sasl on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the ruby-sasl
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-sasl
Uninstall ruby-sasl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-sasl
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-sasl
Remove ruby-sasl Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-sasl
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-sasl
Remove ruby-sasl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-sasl
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-sasl
Dependencies
ruby-sasl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-sasl
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.