How To Install ruby-em-http-request on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-em-http-request on Kali Linux. ruby-em-http-request is EventMachine based, async HTTP Request client

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-em-http-request on Kali Linux.

What is ruby-em-http-request

ruby-em-http-request is:

em-http-client is an asynchronous HTTP client based on EventMachine with support for:

  • Asynchronous HTTP API for single & parallel request execution
  • Keep-Alive and HTTP pipelining support
  • Auto-follow 3xx redirects with max depth
  • Automatic gzip & deflate decoding
  • Streaming response processing
  • Streaming file uploads
  • HTTP proxy and SOCKS5 support
  • Basic Auth & OAuth
  • Connection-level & Global middleware support

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-em-http-request

Install ruby-em-http-request Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-em-http-request

Install ruby-em-http-request 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-em-http-request using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-em-http-request

How To Uninstall ruby-em-http-request on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the ruby-em-http-request package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ruby-em-http-request

Uninstall ruby-em-http-request And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-em-http-request

Remove ruby-em-http-request Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-em-http-request

Remove ruby-em-http-request configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-em-http-request

Dependencies

ruby-em-http-request have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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