How To Install ruby-sprockets on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-sprockets on Kali Linux. ruby-sprockets is Rack-based asset packaging system

Introduction

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

What is ruby-sprockets

ruby-sprockets is:

Sprockets is a Rack-based asset packaging system that concatenates and serves JavaScript, CoffeeScript, CSS, LESS, Sass, and SCSS.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-sprockets

Install ruby-sprockets Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-sprockets

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-sprockets

How To Uninstall ruby-sprockets on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-sprockets

Uninstall ruby-sprockets And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-sprockets

Remove ruby-sprockets Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-sprockets

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-sprockets have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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