How To Install ruby-rspec-junit-formatter on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-rspec-junit-formatter on Kali Linux. ruby-rspec-junit-formatter is RSpec JUnit XML formatter

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-rspec-junit-formatter on Kali Linux.

What is ruby-rspec-junit-formatter

ruby-rspec-junit-formatter is:

RSpec results that your continuous integration service can read. This is made possible by storing output in XML format.

Caveats: XML can only represent a limited subset of characters which excludes null bytes and most control characters. This library will use character entities where possible and fall back to replacing invalid characters with Ruby-like escape codes otherwise. For example, the null byte becomes \0.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-rspec-junit-formatter

Install ruby-rspec-junit-formatter Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-rspec-junit-formatter

Install ruby-rspec-junit-formatter 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-rspec-junit-formatter using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-rspec-junit-formatter

How To Uninstall ruby-rspec-junit-formatter on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the ruby-rspec-junit-formatter package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ruby-rspec-junit-formatter

Uninstall ruby-rspec-junit-formatter And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-rspec-junit-formatter

Remove ruby-rspec-junit-formatter Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-rspec-junit-formatter

Remove ruby-rspec-junit-formatter configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-rspec-junit-formatter

Dependencies

ruby-rspec-junit-formatter have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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