How To Install ruby-metaid on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ruby-metaid

ruby-metaid is:

MetAid adds a few innocent methods to the ruby Object and Module classes, in order to make metaprogramming easier. For the lore of metaprogramming see Seeing Metaclasses Clearly and Chapter Six of Why’s (Poignant) Guide to Ruby, at http://mislav.uniqpath.com/poignant-guide

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-metaid

Install ruby-metaid Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-metaid

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-metaid

How To Uninstall ruby-metaid on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-metaid

Uninstall ruby-metaid And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-metaid

Remove ruby-metaid Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-metaid

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-metaid have the following dependencies:

• ruby

References

• ruby-metaid website

Summary

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