How To Install ruby-cbor on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-cbor on Kali Linux. ruby-cbor is CBOR, Concise Binary Object Representation

Introduction

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

What is ruby-cbor

ruby-cbor is:

CBOR is a library for the CBOR binary object representation format, based on Sadayuki Furuhashi’s MessagePack library.

This is a Ruby implementation of the CBOR (http://cbor.io) encoding, based on the (polished) high-performance msgpack-ruby code.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-cbor

Install ruby-cbor Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-cbor

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-cbor

How To Uninstall ruby-cbor on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-cbor

Uninstall ruby-cbor And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-cbor

Remove ruby-cbor Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-cbor

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-cbor have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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