How To Install ruby-snmp on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ruby-snmp

ruby-snmp is:

This library implements SNMP (the Simple Network Management Protocol). It is implemented in pure Ruby, so there are no dependencies on external libraries like net-snmp.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-snmp

Install ruby-snmp Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-snmp

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-snmp

How To Uninstall ruby-snmp on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-snmp

Uninstall ruby-snmp And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-snmp

Remove ruby-snmp Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-snmp

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-snmp have the following dependencies:

• ruby

References

• ruby-snmp website

Summary

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