How To Install ruby-memory-profiler on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ruby-memory-profiler

ruby-memory-profiler is:

Memory profiler is a memory profiling routines for Ruby 2.3+. It requires Ruby(MRI) version 2.3.8 and above.

One can use the .start/.stop API as well but it can only be run once per report, and .stop will be the only time you can retrieve the report using this API.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-memory-profiler

Install ruby-memory-profiler Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-memory-profiler

Install ruby-memory-profiler 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-memory-profiler using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-memory-profiler

How To Uninstall ruby-memory-profiler on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-memory-profiler

Uninstall ruby-memory-profiler And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-memory-profiler

Remove ruby-memory-profiler Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-memory-profiler

Remove ruby-memory-profiler configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-memory-profiler

Dependencies

ruby-memory-profiler have the following dependencies:

References

• ruby-memory-profiler website

Summary

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