How To Install thin on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install thin on Kali Linux.

What is thin

thin is:

Thin is a Ruby web server that glues together 3 of the best Ruby libraries in web history:

• the Mongrel parser, the root of Mongrel’s speed and security
• Event Machine, a network I/O library with extremely high scalability, performance and stability
• Rack, a minimal interface between webservers and Ruby frameworks

Which makes it, with all humility, the most secure, stable, fast and extensible Ruby web server bundled in an easy to use package for your own pleasure.

There are three methods to install thin 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 thin Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install thin

Install thin Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install thin using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install thin

Install thin 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 thin using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install thin

How To Uninstall thin on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the thin package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove thin

Uninstall thin And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove thin

Remove thin Configurations and Data

To remove thin configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge thin

Remove thin configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge thin

Dependencies

thin have the following dependencies:

• ruby

References

• thin website

Summary

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