How To Install ruby-kyotocabinet on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-kyotocabinet on Kali Linux.
What is ruby-kyotocabinet
ruby-kyotocabinet is:
Kyoto Cabinet is a library of routines for managing a database. The database is a simple data file containing records, each is a pair of a key and a value. Every key and value is serial bytes with variable length. Both binary data and character string can be used as a key and a value. Each key must be unique within a database. There is neither concept of data tables nor data types. Records are organized in hash table or B+ tree.
Warning: while this library is thread-safe with Ruby 1.9.x, it is NOT thread-safe with Ruby 1.8.x.
This package contains the bindings for the Ruby scripting language.
There are three methods to install ruby-kyotocabinet 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-kyotocabinet Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ruby-kyotocabinet using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-kyotocabinetInstall ruby-kyotocabinet Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ruby-kyotocabinet using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-kyotocabinetInstall ruby-kyotocabinet 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-kyotocabinet using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-kyotocabinetHow To Uninstall ruby-kyotocabinet on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the ruby-kyotocabinet package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-kyotocabinetUninstall ruby-kyotocabinet And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-kyotocabinet and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-kyotocabinetRemove ruby-kyotocabinet Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-kyotocabinet configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-kyotocabinetRemove ruby-kyotocabinet configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-kyotocabinet configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-kyotocabinetDependencies
ruby-kyotocabinet have the following dependencies:
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-kyotocabinet package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.