How To Install ruby-fast-blank on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ruby-fast-blank

ruby-fast-blank is:

fast_blank is a simple extension which provides a fast implementation of active support’s string#blank? function.

This implementation is about 5-9x faster than current active support, on the developers machine (your mileage may vary).

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-fast-blank

Install ruby-fast-blank Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-fast-blank

Install ruby-fast-blank 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-fast-blank using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-fast-blank

How To Uninstall ruby-fast-blank on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-fast-blank

Uninstall ruby-fast-blank And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-fast-blank

Remove ruby-fast-blank Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-fast-blank

Remove ruby-fast-blank configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-fast-blank

Dependencies

ruby-fast-blank have the following dependencies:

• ruby

References

• ruby-fast-blank website

Summary

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