How To Install ruby-aws-sdk-cloudformation on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-aws-sdk-cloudformation on Kali Linux.

What is ruby-aws-sdk-cloudformation

ruby-aws-sdk-cloudformation is:

Official AWS Ruby library for AWS CloudFormation.

AWS CloudFormation provides a common language to model and provision AWS and third party application resources in a cloud environment. AWS CloudFormation allows using programming languages or a simple text file to model and provision, in an automated and secure manner, all the resources needed for an application across all regions and accounts. This gives a single source of truth for AWS and third party resources.

This library is part of the AWS SDK for Ruby.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-aws-sdk-cloudformation

Install ruby-aws-sdk-cloudformation Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-aws-sdk-cloudformation

Install ruby-aws-sdk-cloudformation 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-aws-sdk-cloudformation using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-aws-sdk-cloudformation

How To Uninstall ruby-aws-sdk-cloudformation on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the ruby-aws-sdk-cloudformation package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ruby-aws-sdk-cloudformation

Uninstall ruby-aws-sdk-cloudformation And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-aws-sdk-cloudformation

Remove ruby-aws-sdk-cloudformation Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-aws-sdk-cloudformation

Remove ruby-aws-sdk-cloudformation configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-aws-sdk-cloudformation

Dependencies

ruby-aws-sdk-cloudformation have the following dependencies:

• ruby-aws-sdk-core
• ruby-aws-sigv4

References

• ruby-aws-sdk-cloudformation website

Summary

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