How To Install ruby-net-telnet on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ruby-net-telnet

ruby-net-telnet is:

This package provides a telnet client library to use in Ruby programs. It used to be part of the Ruby standard library before Ruby 2.3, and was extracted to a standalone package.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-net-telnet

Install ruby-net-telnet Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-net-telnet

Install ruby-net-telnet 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-net-telnet using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-net-telnet

How To Uninstall ruby-net-telnet on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-net-telnet

Uninstall ruby-net-telnet And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-net-telnet

Remove ruby-net-telnet Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-net-telnet

Remove ruby-net-telnet configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-net-telnet

Dependencies

ruby-net-telnet have the following dependencies:

References

• ruby-net-telnet website

Summary

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