How To Install ruby-coercible on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ruby-coercible

ruby-coercible is:

The Coercible Ruby library gives you access to coercer objects where each object is responsible for coercing only one type into other types.

For example a string coercer knows only how to coerce string objects, integer coercer knows only how to coerce integers etc.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-coercible

Install ruby-coercible Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-coercible

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-coercible

How To Uninstall ruby-coercible on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-coercible

Uninstall ruby-coercible And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-coercible

Remove ruby-coercible Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-coercible

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-coercible have the following dependencies:

• ruby
• ruby-descendants-tracker

References

• ruby-coercible website

Summary

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