How To Install ruby-diff-match-patch on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-diff-match-patch on Kali Linux.

What is ruby-diff-match-patch

ruby-diff-match-patch is:

The Diff Match and Patch libraries offer robust algorithms to perform the operations required for synchronizing plain text.

This is a Ruby implementation of Google’s diff_match_patch in C++ and this work was inspired by the diff_match_patch-ruby module, which is a ruby binding for C++ version originally created by Google.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-diff-match-patch

Install ruby-diff-match-patch Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-diff-match-patch

Install ruby-diff-match-patch 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-diff-match-patch using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-diff-match-patch

How To Uninstall ruby-diff-match-patch on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the ruby-diff-match-patch package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ruby-diff-match-patch

Uninstall ruby-diff-match-patch And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-diff-match-patch

Remove ruby-diff-match-patch Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-diff-match-patch

Remove ruby-diff-match-patch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-diff-match-patch

Dependencies

ruby-diff-match-patch have the following dependencies:

• ruby

References

• ruby-diff-match-patch website

Summary

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