How To Install ruby-curses on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ruby-curses

ruby-curses is:

Ruby binding for curses, ncurses, and PDCurses. curses is an extension library for text UI applications.

This module is built with wide character support.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-curses

Install ruby-curses Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-curses

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-curses

How To Uninstall ruby-curses on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-curses

Uninstall ruby-curses And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-curses

Remove ruby-curses Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-curses

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-curses have the following dependencies:

• ruby

References

• ruby-curses website

Summary

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