How To Install ruby-rails-html-sanitizer on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-rails-html-sanitizer on Kali Linux. ruby-rails-html-sanitizer is HTML sanitization for Rails applications

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-rails-html-sanitizer on Kali Linux.

What is ruby-rails-html-sanitizer

ruby-rails-html-sanitizer is:

This gem is responsible to sanitize HTML fragments in Rails applications. In Rails 4.2 and above this gem will be responsible for sanitizing HTML fragments in Rails applications, i.e. in the sanitize, sanitize_css, strip_tags and strip_links methods.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-rails-html-sanitizer

Install ruby-rails-html-sanitizer Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-rails-html-sanitizer

Install ruby-rails-html-sanitizer 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-rails-html-sanitizer using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-rails-html-sanitizer

How To Uninstall ruby-rails-html-sanitizer on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the ruby-rails-html-sanitizer package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ruby-rails-html-sanitizer

Uninstall ruby-rails-html-sanitizer And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-rails-html-sanitizer

Remove ruby-rails-html-sanitizer Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-rails-html-sanitizer

Remove ruby-rails-html-sanitizer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-rails-html-sanitizer

Dependencies

ruby-rails-html-sanitizer have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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