How To Install ruby-certificate-authority on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ruby-certificate-authority

ruby-certificate-authority is:

CertificateAuthority provides a programmer-friendly implementation of all the basic functionality contained in RFC-3280 to implement your own certificate authority.

With this tool, one can generate root certificates, intermediate certificates, and terminal certificates; and also generate/manage Certificate Revocation Lists (CRLs) and Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) messages.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-certificate-authority

Install ruby-certificate-authority Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-certificate-authority

Install ruby-certificate-authority 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-certificate-authority using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-certificate-authority

How To Uninstall ruby-certificate-authority on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-certificate-authority

Uninstall ruby-certificate-authority And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-certificate-authority

Remove ruby-certificate-authority Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-certificate-authority

Remove ruby-certificate-authority configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-certificate-authority

Dependencies

ruby-certificate-authority have the following dependencies:

• ruby

References

• ruby-certificate-authority website

Summary

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