How To Install ruby-rake-ant on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ruby-rake-ant

ruby-rake-ant is:

This package provides a wrapper and Rake tasks for using Ant from any Rake build.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-rake-ant

Install ruby-rake-ant Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-rake-ant

Install ruby-rake-ant 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-rake-ant using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-rake-ant

How To Uninstall ruby-rake-ant on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-rake-ant

Uninstall ruby-rake-ant And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-rake-ant

Remove ruby-rake-ant Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-rake-ant

Remove ruby-rake-ant configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-rake-ant

Dependencies

ruby-rake-ant have the following dependencies:

References

• ruby-rake-ant website

Summary

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