How To Install ruby-rack-attack on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ruby-rack-attack

ruby-rack-attack is:

A rack middleware for throttling and blocking abusive requests. It protects your web app from bad clients. It allows whitelisting, blacklisting, throttling, and tracking based on arbitrary properties of the request.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-rack-attack

Install ruby-rack-attack Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-rack-attack

Install ruby-rack-attack 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-rack-attack using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-rack-attack

How To Uninstall ruby-rack-attack on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-rack-attack

Uninstall ruby-rack-attack And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-rack-attack

Remove ruby-rack-attack Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-rack-attack

Remove ruby-rack-attack configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-rack-attack

Dependencies

ruby-rack-attack have the following dependencies:

• ruby
• ruby-rack

References

• ruby-rack-attack website

Summary

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