How To Install ruby-puppetlabs-spec-helper on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-puppetlabs-spec-helper on Kali Linux.

What is ruby-puppetlabs-spec-helper

ruby-puppetlabs-spec-helper is:

Puppet lets you centrally manage every important aspect of your system using a cross-platform specification language that manages all the separate elements normally aggregated in different files, like users, cron jobs, and hosts, along with obviously discrete elements like packages, services, and files.

This ruby module contains rake tasks and a standard spec_helper for running spec tests on puppet modules.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-puppetlabs-spec-helper

Install ruby-puppetlabs-spec-helper Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-puppetlabs-spec-helper

Install ruby-puppetlabs-spec-helper 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-puppetlabs-spec-helper using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-puppetlabs-spec-helper

How To Uninstall ruby-puppetlabs-spec-helper on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the ruby-puppetlabs-spec-helper package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ruby-puppetlabs-spec-helper

Uninstall ruby-puppetlabs-spec-helper And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-puppetlabs-spec-helper

Remove ruby-puppetlabs-spec-helper Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-puppetlabs-spec-helper

Remove ruby-puppetlabs-spec-helper configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-puppetlabs-spec-helper

Dependencies

ruby-puppetlabs-spec-helper have the following dependencies:

• ruby-mocha
• ruby-pathspec
• ruby-pathspec
• puppet-lint
• ruby-puppet-syntax
• ruby-puppet-syntax
• ruby-rspec-puppet

References

• ruby-puppetlabs-spec-helper website

Summary

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