How To Install ruby-octokit on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ruby-octokit

ruby-octokit is:

ruby-octokit wraps the GitHub API in a flat API client that follows Ruby conventions and requires little knowledge of REST.

It provides all expected features needed to interact with Github or any other implementation of their API:

• Authenticated (basic and oauth) and unauthenticated requests.
• Access to all resources and fields.
• Direct access to HTTP response headers if needed.
• Pagination.
• Hypermedia features (ruby-octokit is built on top of ruby-sawyer).

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-octokit

Install ruby-octokit Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-octokit

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-octokit

How To Uninstall ruby-octokit on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-octokit

Uninstall ruby-octokit And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-octokit

Remove ruby-octokit Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-octokit

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-octokit have the following dependencies:

• ruby-sawyer

References

• ruby-octokit website

Summary

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