How To Install ruby-shellany on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ruby-shellany

ruby-shellany is:

Shellany captures command output with several features:

• portability (should work on recent JRuby versions)
• capturing stdout, stderr in a convenient way
• returning the result in a convenient way
• detecting if a shell is needed (though incomplete/primitive implementation)
• prevents running the same command multiple times

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-shellany

Install ruby-shellany Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-shellany

Install ruby-shellany 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-shellany using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-shellany

How To Uninstall ruby-shellany on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-shellany

Uninstall ruby-shellany And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-shellany

Remove ruby-shellany Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-shellany

Remove ruby-shellany configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-shellany

Dependencies

ruby-shellany have the following dependencies:

• ruby

References

• ruby-shellany website

Summary

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