How To Install ruby-lumberjack on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ruby-lumberjack

ruby-lumberjack is:

A simple, powerful, and very fast logging utility that can be a drop in replacement for Logger or ActiveSupport::BufferedLogger. Provides support for automatically rolling log files even with multiple processes writing the same log file.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-lumberjack

Install ruby-lumberjack Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-lumberjack

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-lumberjack

How To Uninstall ruby-lumberjack on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-lumberjack

Uninstall ruby-lumberjack And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-lumberjack

Remove ruby-lumberjack Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-lumberjack

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-lumberjack have the following dependencies:

• ruby

References

• ruby-lumberjack website

Summary

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