How To Install ruby-aggregate on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ruby-aggregate

ruby-aggregate is:

Aggregate is an intuitive ruby implementation of a statistics aggregator including both default and configurable histogram support. It does this without recording/storing any of the actual sample values, making it suitable for tracking statistics across millions/billions of samples without any impact on performance or memory footprint. Originally inspired by the Aggregate support in SystemTap.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-aggregate

Install ruby-aggregate Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-aggregate

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-aggregate

How To Uninstall ruby-aggregate on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-aggregate

Uninstall ruby-aggregate And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-aggregate

Remove ruby-aggregate Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-aggregate

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-aggregate have the following dependencies:

References

• ruby-aggregate website

Summary

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