How To Install ruby-sidekiq-cron on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-sidekiq-cron on Kali Linux.
What is ruby-sidekiq-cron
ruby-sidekiq-cron is:
Sidekiq Cron helps to add repeated scheduled jobs. It enables to set jobs to be run in specified time (using CRON notation)
It runs a thread alongside Sidekiq workers to schedule jobs at specified times
(using cron notation * * * * * parsed by Rufus-Scheduler
It checks for new jobs to schedule every 10 seconds and doesn’t schedule the same job multiple times when more than one Sidekiq worker is running.
Scheduling jobs are added only when at least one Sidekiq process is running.
There are three methods to install ruby-sidekiq-cron 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-sidekiq-cron Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ruby-sidekiq-cron using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-sidekiq-cronInstall ruby-sidekiq-cron Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ruby-sidekiq-cron using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-sidekiq-cronInstall ruby-sidekiq-cron 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ruby-sidekiq-cron using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-sidekiq-cronHow To Uninstall ruby-sidekiq-cron on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the ruby-sidekiq-cron package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-sidekiq-cronUninstall ruby-sidekiq-cron And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-sidekiq-cron and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-sidekiq-cronRemove ruby-sidekiq-cron Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-sidekiq-cron configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-sidekiq-cronRemove ruby-sidekiq-cron configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-sidekiq-cron configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-sidekiq-cronDependencies
ruby-sidekiq-cron have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-sidekiq-cron package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
