How To Install ruby-mixlib-authentication on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ruby-mixlib-authentication

ruby-mixlib-authentication is:

Provides a class based object to provide logging. Messages can be sent at different levels such as warn or error. Logging defaults to STDOUT but can also be sent to a file with simple built in rotation.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-mixlib-authentication

Install ruby-mixlib-authentication Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-mixlib-authentication

Install ruby-mixlib-authentication 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-mixlib-authentication using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-mixlib-authentication

How To Uninstall ruby-mixlib-authentication on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-mixlib-authentication

Uninstall ruby-mixlib-authentication And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-mixlib-authentication

Remove ruby-mixlib-authentication Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-mixlib-authentication

Remove ruby-mixlib-authentication configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-mixlib-authentication

Dependencies

ruby-mixlib-authentication have the following dependencies:

References

• ruby-mixlib-authentication website

Summary

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