How To Install ruby-timecop on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ruby-timecop

ruby-timecop is:

Timecop makes it easy to travel through or freeze time for creating a predictable and ultimately testable scenario.

It is a wrapper class for manipulating the extensions to the Time, Date, and DateTime objects. It avoids overloading of functions with optional arguments while writing test cases. It is possible to nest multiple calls to Timecop.travel and Timecop.freeze, with each block maintaining concept of “now”. Having no dependencies, it works with regular Ruby projects and Ruby on Rails projects.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-timecop

Install ruby-timecop Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-timecop

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-timecop

How To Uninstall ruby-timecop on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-timecop

Uninstall ruby-timecop And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-timecop

Remove ruby-timecop Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-timecop

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-timecop have the following dependencies:

• ruby

References

• ruby-timecop website

Summary

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