How To Install mongrel2-core on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install mongrel2-core on Kali Linux.
What is mongrel2-core
mongrel2-core is:
Mongrel2 is an application, programming language, and network architecture agnostic web server that focuses on web applications using modern browser technologies.
Mongrel2 supports 17 languages and platforms, HTTP, Flash sockets, WebSockets, Long Polling, and many ways to deploy and hack on it.
This package includes the server binaries but doesn’t contain all the infrastructure needed to setup a standalone web server.
There are three methods to install mongrel2-core 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 mongrel2-core Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install mongrel2-core using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install mongrel2-coreInstall mongrel2-core Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install mongrel2-core using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install mongrel2-coreInstall mongrel2-core 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 mongrel2-core using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install mongrel2-coreHow To Uninstall mongrel2-core on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the mongrel2-core package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove mongrel2-coreUninstall mongrel2-core And Its Dependencies
To uninstall mongrel2-core and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove mongrel2-coreRemove mongrel2-core Configurations and Data
To remove mongrel2-core configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge mongrel2-coreRemove mongrel2-core configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove mongrel2-core configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge mongrel2-coreDependencies
mongrel2-core have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install mongrel2-core package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.