How To Install ruby-secure-headers on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-secure-headers on Kali Linux.

What is ruby-secure-headers

ruby-secure-headers is:

Add easily configured security headers to responses including Content-Security-Policy(CSP) which helps detect/prevent XSS and mixed-contents x-frame-options, strict-transport-security, etc.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-secure-headers

Install ruby-secure-headers Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-secure-headers

Install ruby-secure-headers 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-secure-headers using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-secure-headers

How To Uninstall ruby-secure-headers on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the ruby-secure-headers package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ruby-secure-headers

Uninstall ruby-secure-headers And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-secure-headers

Remove ruby-secure-headers Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-secure-headers

Remove ruby-secure-headers configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-secure-headers

Dependencies

ruby-secure-headers have the following dependencies:

• ruby-useragent

References

• ruby-secure-headers website

Summary

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