How To Install pry on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install pry
on Kali Linux.
What is pry
pry is:
Pry is a powerful alternative to the standard IRB shell for Ruby. It is written from scratch to provide a number of advanced features, some of these include:
- Source code browsing (including core C source with the pry-doc gem)
- Documentation browsing
- Live help system
- Open methods in editors (
edit-method Class#method
) - Syntax highlighting
- Command shell integration (start editors, run git, and rake from within Pry)
- Gist integration
- Navigation around state (
cd
,ls
and friends) - Runtime invocation (use Pry as a developer console or debugger)
- Exotic object support (BasicObject instances, IClasses, …)
- A Powerful and flexible command system
- Ability to view and replay history
- Many convenience commands inspired by IPython, Smalltalk and other advanced REPLs
There are three methods to install pry
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 pry Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install pry
using apt-get
by running the following command:
Install pry Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
After updating apt database, We can install pry
using apt
by running the following command:
Install pry 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.
After updating apt database, We can install pry
using aptitude
by running the following command:
How To Uninstall pry on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the pry
package we can use the following command:
Uninstall pry And Its Dependencies
To uninstall pry
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
Remove pry Configurations and Data
To remove pry
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
Remove pry configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove pry
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
Dependencies
pry have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install pry
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.