How To Install ruby-virtus on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-virtus on Kali Linux. ruby-virtus is attributes on steroids for plain old Ruby objects

Introduction

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

What is ruby-virtus

ruby-virtus is:

The goal of this Ruby library is to provide a common API for defining attributes on a model so all object relational and object document mappers could use it instead of reinventing the wheel all over again.

It is also suitable for any other use case where Ruby objects need to be extended with attributes that require data coercions.

This is a partial extraction of the DataMapper property API.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-virtus

Install ruby-virtus Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-virtus

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-virtus

How To Uninstall ruby-virtus on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-virtus

Uninstall ruby-virtus And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-virtus

Remove ruby-virtus Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-virtus

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-virtus have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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