How To Install ruby-statsd on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ruby-statsd

ruby-statsd is:

This package provides statsd-ruby gem, a StatsD client for Ruby language.

Statsd is a network daemon that runs on the Node.js platform and listens for statistics, like counters and timers, sent over UDP or TCP and sends aggregates to one or more pluggable backend services

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-statsd

Install ruby-statsd Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-statsd

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-statsd

How To Uninstall ruby-statsd on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-statsd

Uninstall ruby-statsd And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-statsd

Remove ruby-statsd Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-statsd

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-statsd have the following dependencies:

• ruby

References

• ruby-statsd website

Summary

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