How To Install ruby-paranoia on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-paranoia on Kali Linux. ruby-paranoia is re-implementation of acts_as_paranoid for Rails 3

Introduction

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

What is ruby-paranoia

ruby-paranoia is:

Paranoia is a re-implementation of acts_as_paranoid for Rails 3, using much, much, much less code. You would use either plugin / gem if you wished that when you called destroy on an Active Record object that it didn’t actually destroy it, but just “hid” the record. Paranoia does this by setting a deleted_at field to the current time when you destroy a record, and hides it by scoping all queries on your model to only include records which do not have a deleted_at field.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-paranoia

Install ruby-paranoia Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-paranoia

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-paranoia

How To Uninstall ruby-paranoia on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-paranoia

Uninstall ruby-paranoia And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-paranoia

Remove ruby-paranoia Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-paranoia

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-paranoia have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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