How To Install ruby-specinfra on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-specinfra on Kali Linux. ruby-specinfra is Common layer for serverspec and configspec

Introduction

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

What is ruby-specinfra

ruby-specinfra is:

This package is backend library for ruby-serverspec, which was extracted from serverspec for further abstracction, intended to be used by another configuration management tools.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-specinfra

Install ruby-specinfra Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-specinfra

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-specinfra

How To Uninstall ruby-specinfra on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-specinfra

Uninstall ruby-specinfra And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-specinfra

Remove ruby-specinfra Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-specinfra

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-specinfra have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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