How To Install ruby-em-mongo on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ruby-em-mongo

ruby-em-mongo is:

An EventMachine client for MongoDB. Originally based on RMongo, this client aims to be as API compatible with ruby-mongo driver as possible. For methods that do not retrieve data from the database the API of em-mongo should be identical (though a subset) to the ruby-mongo driver.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-em-mongo

Install ruby-em-mongo Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-em-mongo

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-em-mongo

How To Uninstall ruby-em-mongo on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-em-mongo

Uninstall ruby-em-mongo And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-em-mongo

Remove ruby-em-mongo Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-em-mongo

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

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-em-mongo

Dependencies

ruby-em-mongo have the following dependencies:

• ruby
• ruby-bson
• ruby-eventmachine

References

• ruby-em-mongo website

Summary

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