How To Install ruby-warden on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ruby-warden

ruby-warden is:

Warden is a Rack-based middleware, designed to provide a mechanism for authentication in Ruby web applications. It is a common mechanism that fits into the Rack Machinery to offer powerful options for authentication.

Warden is designed to be lazy. That is, if you don’t use it, it doesn’t do anything, but when you do use it, it will spring into action and provide an underlying mechanism to allow authentication in any Rack-based application.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-warden

Install ruby-warden Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-warden

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-warden

How To Uninstall ruby-warden on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-warden

Uninstall ruby-warden And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-warden

Remove ruby-warden Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-warden

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-warden have the following dependencies:

• ruby-rack

References

• ruby-warden website

Summary

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