How To Install ruby-health-check on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-health-check on Kali Linux.

What is ruby-health-check

ruby-health-check is:

Simple health check of Rails app for uptime monitoring with Pingdom, NewRelic, EngineYard or uptime.openacs.org etc.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-health-check

Install ruby-health-check Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-health-check

Install ruby-health-check 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-health-check using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-health-check

How To Uninstall ruby-health-check on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the ruby-health-check package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ruby-health-check

Uninstall ruby-health-check And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-health-check

Remove ruby-health-check Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-health-check

Remove ruby-health-check configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-health-check

Dependencies

ruby-health-check have the following dependencies:

• ruby
• ruby-rails

References

• ruby-health-check website

Summary

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