How To Install ruby-jmespath on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ruby-jmespath

ruby-jmespath is:

An implementation of JMESPath for Ruby. This implementation supports searching JSON documents as well as native Ruby data structures.

You can call JMESPath.search with a valid JMESPath search expression and data to search. It will return the extracted values.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-jmespath

Install ruby-jmespath Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-jmespath

Install ruby-jmespath 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-jmespath using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-jmespath

How To Uninstall ruby-jmespath on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-jmespath

Uninstall ruby-jmespath And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-jmespath

Remove ruby-jmespath Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-jmespath

Remove ruby-jmespath configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-jmespath

Dependencies

ruby-jmespath have the following dependencies:

• ruby

References

• ruby-jmespath website

Summary

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