How To Install ruby-rpatricia on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-rpatricia on Kali Linux.
What is ruby-rpatricia
ruby-rpatricia is:
rPatricia provides a Ruby library for efficient IPv4 and IPv6 address/prefix storage and lookups. Internally it uses a Patricia trie (also known as radix tree), a data structure commonly used for routing table lookups and supports prefix insertion/removal and best/exact match lookups.
The trie data structure is implemented in C, making rPatricia fast and featuring a low memory footprint.
There are three methods to install ruby-rpatricia 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-rpatricia Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ruby-rpatricia using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-rpatriciaInstall ruby-rpatricia Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ruby-rpatricia using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-rpatriciaInstall ruby-rpatricia 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ruby-rpatricia using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-rpatriciaHow To Uninstall ruby-rpatricia on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the ruby-rpatricia package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-rpatriciaUninstall ruby-rpatricia And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-rpatricia and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-rpatriciaRemove ruby-rpatricia Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-rpatricia configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-rpatriciaRemove ruby-rpatricia configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-rpatricia configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-rpatriciaDependencies
ruby-rpatricia have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-rpatricia package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
