How To Install ruby-grit on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-grit on Kali Linux.
What is ruby-grit
ruby-grit is:
Grit gives you object oriented read/write access to Git repositories via Ruby. The main goals are stability and performance. To this end, some of the interactions with Git repositories are done by shelling out to the system’s git command, and other interactions are done with pure Ruby reimplementations of core Git functionality. This choice, however, is transparent to end users, and you need not know which method is being used.
This software was developed to power GitHub, and should be considered production ready.
This version has been patched for use with GITLAB.
There are three methods to install ruby-grit 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-grit Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ruby-grit using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-gritInstall ruby-grit Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ruby-grit using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-gritInstall ruby-grit 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-grit using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-gritHow To Uninstall ruby-grit on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the ruby-grit package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-gritUninstall ruby-grit And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-grit and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-gritRemove ruby-grit Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-grit configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-gritRemove ruby-grit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-grit configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-gritDependencies
ruby-grit have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-grit package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.