How To Install ruby-twitter on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-twitter on Kali Linux.
What is ruby-twitter
ruby-twitter is:
This ruby library provides a convenient access to the Twitter API. This provides comprehensive methods to access the API. This library needs only a registration of your application with Twitter. It uses OAuth protocol for interacting with Twitter API.
There are three methods to install ruby-twitter 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-twitter Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ruby-twitter using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-twitterInstall ruby-twitter Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ruby-twitter using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-twitterInstall ruby-twitter 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ruby-twitter using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-twitterHow To Uninstall ruby-twitter on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the ruby-twitter package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-twitterUninstall ruby-twitter And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-twitter and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-twitterRemove ruby-twitter Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-twitter configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-twitterRemove ruby-twitter configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-twitter configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-twitterDependencies
ruby-twitter have the following dependencies:
- ruby-addressable
- ruby-buftok
- ruby-equalizer
- ruby-http
- ruby-http-form-data
- ruby-http-parser.rb
- ruby-memoizable
- ruby-multipart-post
- ruby-naught
- ruby-simple-oauth
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-twitter package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
