How To Install ruby-spy on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ruby-spy

ruby-spy is:

Spy is a mocking library that was made for the modern age. It uses that uses the spy pattern and checks method’s existence and arity: Spy by default will raise an error if you attempt to stub a method that doesn’t exist or call the stubbed method with the wrong arity.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-spy

Install ruby-spy Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-spy

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-spy

How To Uninstall ruby-spy on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-spy

Uninstall ruby-spy And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-spy

Remove ruby-spy Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-spy

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-spy have the following dependencies:

• ruby

References

• ruby-spy website

Summary

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