How To Install ruby-foreman on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-foreman on Kali Linux.
What is ruby-foreman
ruby-foreman is:
Foreman is a process manager commonly used during development of multi-component applications. For production, it allows allow you to either run your application directly or export it to some other process management format (i.e. init system service files).
Foreman uses a file called Procfile, which is the same mechanism for declaring what commands are run by your application??s dynos on the Heroku platform. It follows the process model. You can use a Procfile to declare various process types, such as multiple types of workers, a singleton process like a clock, or a consumer of the Twitter streaming API.
There are three methods to install ruby-foreman 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-foreman Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ruby-foreman using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-foremanInstall ruby-foreman Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ruby-foreman using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-foremanInstall ruby-foreman 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ruby-foreman using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-foremanHow To Uninstall ruby-foreman on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the ruby-foreman package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-foremanUninstall ruby-foreman And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-foreman and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-foremanRemove ruby-foreman Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-foreman configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-foremanRemove ruby-foreman configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-foreman configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-foremanDependencies
ruby-foreman have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-foreman package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.