How To Install ruby-beefcake on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ruby-beefcake

ruby-beefcake is:

A sane Google Protocol Buffers library for Ruby. This package provides a generator plugin for the Protocol Buffer compiler which generates Ruby marshaling and unmarshaling code for data encoded in Protocol Buffer format.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-beefcake

Install ruby-beefcake Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-beefcake

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-beefcake

How To Uninstall ruby-beefcake on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-beefcake

Uninstall ruby-beefcake And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-beefcake

Remove ruby-beefcake Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-beefcake

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-beefcake have the following dependencies:

• ruby

References

• ruby-beefcake website

Summary

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