How To Install ruby-did-you-mean on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-did-you-mean on Kali Linux. ruby-did-you-mean is smart error messages for Ruby > 2.3

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-did-you-mean on Kali Linux.

What is ruby-did-you-mean

ruby-did-you-mean is:

This package provides the infrastructure to produce smart error messages on Ruby > 2.3. When an undefined method is called, it will suggest similar method names. It will also catch mispellings on known method names, such as “initialize”, and warn developers about them.

Starting with version 2.3, the Ruby interpreter will automatically load this library on startup.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-did-you-mean

Install ruby-did-you-mean Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-did-you-mean

Install ruby-did-you-mean 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-did-you-mean using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-did-you-mean

How To Uninstall ruby-did-you-mean on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the ruby-did-you-mean package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ruby-did-you-mean

Uninstall ruby-did-you-mean And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-did-you-mean

Remove ruby-did-you-mean Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-did-you-mean

Remove ruby-did-you-mean configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-did-you-mean

Dependencies

ruby-did-you-mean have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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