How To Install ruby-prof on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ruby-prof

ruby-prof is:

ruby-prof is a fast code profiler for Ruby. It is a C extension and therefore is many times faster than the standard Ruby profiler. It supports both flat and graph profiles. For each method, graph profiles show how long the method ran, which methods called it and which methods it called. RubyProf generate both text and html and can output it to standard out or to a file.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-prof

Install ruby-prof Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-prof

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-prof

How To Uninstall ruby-prof on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-prof

Uninstall ruby-prof And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-prof

Remove ruby-prof Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-prof

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-prof have the following dependencies:

• ruby

References

• ruby-prof website

Summary

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