How To Install ruby-rack-timeout on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ruby-rack-timeout

ruby-rack-timeout is:

A generous timeout of 15s is the default. It’s recommended to set the timeout as low as realistically viable for your application. Most applications will do fine with a setting between 2 and 5 seconds.

Rack::Timeout is not a solution to the problem of long-running requests, it’s a debug and remediation tool. App developers should track rack-timeout’s data and address recurring instances of particular timeouts.

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

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

Install ruby-rack-timeout Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-rack-timeout

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-rack-timeout

How To Uninstall ruby-rack-timeout on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-rack-timeout

Uninstall ruby-rack-timeout And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove ruby-rack-timeout Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-rack-timeout have the following dependencies:

• ruby

References

• ruby-rack-timeout website

Summary

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