How To Install ruby-in-parallel on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-in-parallel on Kali Linux.

What is ruby-in-parallel

ruby-in-parallel is:

A lightweight Ruby library with very simple syntax, making use of Process.fork to execute code in parallel.

Many other Ruby libraries that simplify parallel execution support one primary use case - crunching through a large queue of small, similar tasks as quickly and efficiently as possible. This library primarily supports the use case of executing a few larger and unrelated tasks in parallel, automatically managing the stdout and passing return values back to the main process.

This library was created to be used by Puppet’s Beaker test framework to enable parallel execution of some of the framework’s tasks, and allow users to execute code in parallel within their tests.

If you are looking for something that excels at executing a large queue of tasks in parallel as efficiently as possible, you should take a look at the parallel project.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-in-parallel

Install ruby-in-parallel Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-in-parallel

Install ruby-in-parallel 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-in-parallel using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-in-parallel

How To Uninstall ruby-in-parallel on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the ruby-in-parallel package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ruby-in-parallel

Uninstall ruby-in-parallel And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-in-parallel

Remove ruby-in-parallel Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-in-parallel

Remove ruby-in-parallel configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-in-parallel

Dependencies

ruby-in-parallel have the following dependencies:

• ruby

References

• ruby-in-parallel website

Summary

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