How To Install ruby-gelf on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-gelf
on Kali Linux.
What is ruby-gelf
ruby-gelf is:
Library to send Graylog2 Extended Log Format (GELF) messages to an Graylog2 logging server. Supports plain-text, GELF messages and exceptions.
See http://graylog2.org/ for more information about Graylog2.
There are three methods to install ruby-gelf
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-gelf 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-gelf
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-gelf
Install ruby-gelf Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-gelf
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-gelf
Install ruby-gelf 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-gelf
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-gelf
How To Uninstall ruby-gelf on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the ruby-gelf
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-gelf
Uninstall ruby-gelf And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-gelf
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-gelf
Remove ruby-gelf Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-gelf
configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-gelf
Remove ruby-gelf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-gelf
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-gelf
Dependencies
ruby-gelf have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-gelf
package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.