How To Install ruby-ejs on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ruby-ejs

ruby-ejs is:

Compile and evaluate EJS (Embedded JavaScript) templates from Ruby. EJS templates embed JavaScript code inside <% … %> tags, much like ERB. This library is a port of Underscore.js’s _.template function to Ruby, and strives to maintain the same syntax and semantics.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-ejs

Install ruby-ejs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-ejs

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-ejs

How To Uninstall ruby-ejs on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-ejs

Uninstall ruby-ejs And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-ejs

Remove ruby-ejs Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-ejs

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-ejs have the following dependencies:

• ruby

References

• ruby-ejs website

Summary

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