How To Install ruby-columnize on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ruby-columnize

ruby-columnize is:

In showing a long lists, sometimes one would prefer to see the value arranged aligned in columns. Some examples include listing methods of an object or debugger commands. This Ruby library helps in aligning so.

See Examples in the rdoc documentation for examples.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-columnize

Install ruby-columnize Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-columnize

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-columnize

How To Uninstall ruby-columnize on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-columnize

Uninstall ruby-columnize And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-columnize

Remove ruby-columnize Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-columnize

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-columnize have the following dependencies:

• ruby

References

• ruby-columnize website

Summary

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