How To Install rake on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rake on Kali Linux.

What is rake

rake is:

Rake is a simple ruby build program with capabilities similar to make.

Rake has the following features:

• Rakefiles (rakes version of Makefiles) are completely defined in standard Ruby syntax. No XML files to edit. No quirky Makefile syntax to worry about (is that a tab or a space?)
• Users can specify tasks with prerequisites.
• Rake supports rule patterns to sythesize implicit tasks.
• Rake is lightweight. It can be distributed with other projects as a single file. Projects that depend upon rake do not require that rake be installed on target systems.

There are three methods to install rake 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 rake Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install rake

Install rake Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install rake using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install rake

Install rake 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 rake using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rake

How To Uninstall rake on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the rake package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove rake

Uninstall rake And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rake

Remove rake Configurations and Data

To remove rake configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge rake

Remove rake configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rake

Dependencies

rake have the following dependencies:

• ruby

References

• rake website

Summary

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