How To Install ruby-ethon on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ruby-ethon

ruby-ethon is:

Very lightweight libcurl wrapper.

In Greek mythology, Ethon, the son of Typhoeus and Echidna, is a gigantic eagle. So much for the history. In the modern world, Ethon is a very basic libcurl wrapper using ffi

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-ethon

Install ruby-ethon Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-ethon

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-ethon

How To Uninstall ruby-ethon on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-ethon

Uninstall ruby-ethon And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-ethon

Remove ruby-ethon Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-ethon

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-ethon have the following dependencies:

• libcurl4
• ruby
• ruby-ffi
• ruby-mime-types

References

• ruby-ethon website

Summary

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