How To Install ruby-sigar on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-sigar on Kali Linux. ruby-sigar is System Information Gatherer And Reporter

Introduction

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

What is ruby-sigar

ruby-sigar is:

One API to access system information regardless of the underlying platform

Hyperic’s System Information Gatherer (SIGAR) is a cross-platform API for collecting software inventory data. SIGAR is core of HQ’s auto-discovery functionality, and you can use it to extend auto-discovery behavior.

SIGAR includes support for Linux, FreeBSD, Windows, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX and Mac OSX across a variety of versions and architectures. Users of the SIGAR API are given portable access to inventory and monitoring data including:

  • System memory, swap, cpu, load average, uptime, logins
  • Per-process memory, cpu, credential info, state, arguments, environment, open files
  • File system detection and metrics
  • Network interface detection, configuration information and metrics
  • Network route and connection tables

This is ruby binding for the core API, which is implemented in pure C.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-sigar

Install ruby-sigar Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-sigar

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-sigar

How To Uninstall ruby-sigar on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-sigar

Uninstall ruby-sigar And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-sigar

Remove ruby-sigar Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-sigar

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-sigar have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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