How To Install ruby-mab on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-mab on Kali Linux. ruby-mab is templating engine for writing HTML in pure Ruby

Introduction

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

What is ruby-mab

ruby-mab is:

With Mab, HTML is generated by mapping method calls to HTML elements, object attributes to element classes or HTML IDs and block arguments to the contents of the elements.

This engine is an alternative to ERb which weaves the two languages together. It is also a replacement for templating languages which use primitive languages that blend with HTML.

Mab is almost fully backward compatible with the Markaby library.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-mab

Install ruby-mab Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-mab

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-mab

How To Uninstall ruby-mab on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-mab

Uninstall ruby-mab And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-mab

Remove ruby-mab Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-mab

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-mab have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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