How To Install ruby-sigdump on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ruby-sigdump

ruby-sigdump is:

Setup signal handler which dumps backtrace of running threads and number of allocated objects per class. Require ‘sigdump/setup’, send SIGCONT, and see /tmp/sigdump-.log.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-sigdump

Install ruby-sigdump Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-sigdump

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-sigdump

How To Uninstall ruby-sigdump on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-sigdump

Uninstall ruby-sigdump And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-sigdump

Remove ruby-sigdump Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-sigdump

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-sigdump have the following dependencies:

• ruby

References

• ruby-sigdump website

Summary

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