How To Install ruby-powerpack on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ruby-powerpack

ruby-powerpack is:

Powerpack offers some useful extensions to the standard Ruby classes (kind of like ActiveSupport, but less ambitious and more modular). Powerpack add some extensions on Array, Enumerable, Hash, Numeric and String core classes.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-powerpack

Install ruby-powerpack Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-powerpack

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-powerpack

How To Uninstall ruby-powerpack on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-powerpack

Uninstall ruby-powerpack And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-powerpack

Remove ruby-powerpack Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-powerpack

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-powerpack have the following dependencies:

• ruby

References

• ruby-powerpack website

Summary

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