How To Install ruby-cookiejar on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ruby-cookiejar

ruby-cookiejar is:

The Ruby CookieJar is a library to help manage client-side cookies in pure Ruby. It enables parsing and setting of cookie headers, alternating between multiple ‘jars’ of cookies at one time (such as having a set of cookies for each browser or thread), and supports persistence of the cookies in a JSON string.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-cookiejar

Install ruby-cookiejar Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-cookiejar

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-cookiejar

How To Uninstall ruby-cookiejar on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-cookiejar

Uninstall ruby-cookiejar And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-cookiejar

Remove ruby-cookiejar Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-cookiejar

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-cookiejar have the following dependencies:

• ruby

References

• ruby-cookiejar website

Summary

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