How To Install ruby-grpc-tools on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ruby-grpc-tools

ruby-grpc-tools is:

Ruby gRPC library allows sending RPCs from Ruby using GRPC. GRPC is a high performance, open-source universal RPC framework.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-grpc-tools

Install ruby-grpc-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-grpc-tools

Install ruby-grpc-tools 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-grpc-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-grpc-tools

How To Uninstall ruby-grpc-tools on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-grpc-tools

Uninstall ruby-grpc-tools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-grpc-tools

Remove ruby-grpc-tools Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-grpc-tools

Remove ruby-grpc-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-grpc-tools

Dependencies

ruby-grpc-tools have the following dependencies:

• ruby
• ruby-grpc
• protobuf-compiler-grpc

References

• ruby-grpc-tools website

Summary

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