How To Install ruby-actionview on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-actionview on Kali Linux. ruby-actionview is framework for handling view template lookup and rendering (part of Rails)

Introduction

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

What is ruby-actionview

ruby-actionview is:

Action View is a framework for handling view template lookup and rendering, and provides view helpers that assist when building HTML forms, Atom feeds and more. Template formats that Action View handles are ERB (embedded Ruby, typically used to inline short Ruby snippets inside HTML), and XML Builder.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-actionview

Install ruby-actionview Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-actionview

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-actionview

How To Uninstall ruby-actionview on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-actionview

Uninstall ruby-actionview And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-actionview

Remove ruby-actionview Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-actionview

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-actionview have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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