How To Install ruby-tool on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ruby-tool

ruby-tool is:

This package provides the ruby gem tool, which is a general purpose Ruby library. It is used by Sinatra 2.0, Mustermann and other projects that are related to them.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-tool

Install ruby-tool Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-tool

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-tool

How To Uninstall ruby-tool on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-tool

Uninstall ruby-tool And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-tool

Remove ruby-tool Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-tool

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-tool have the following dependencies:

• ruby

References

• ruby-tool website

Summary

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