How To Install ruby-paper-trail on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ruby-paper-trail

ruby-paper-trail is:

Track changes to your models, for auditing or versioning. See how a model looked at any stage in its lifecycle, revert it to any version, or restore it after it has been destroyed.

PaperTrail stores the pre-change version of the model, unlike some other auditing/versioning plugins, so you can retrieve the original version. This is useful when you start keeping a paper trail for models that already have records in the database.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-paper-trail

Install ruby-paper-trail Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-paper-trail

Install ruby-paper-trail 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-paper-trail using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-paper-trail

How To Uninstall ruby-paper-trail on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-paper-trail

Uninstall ruby-paper-trail And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-paper-trail

Remove ruby-paper-trail Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-paper-trail

Remove ruby-paper-trail configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-paper-trail

Dependencies

ruby-paper-trail have the following dependencies:

• ruby-activerecord

References

• ruby-paper-trail website

Summary

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