How To Install ruby-hocon on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ruby-hocon

ruby-hocon is:

ruby-hocon is a port of the Typesafe Config Java library to Ruby. The library provides Ruby support for the HOCON configuration file format. It supports parsing and modification of existing HOCON/JSON files as well as rendering parsed config objects back to a Ruby String.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-hocon

Install ruby-hocon Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-hocon

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-hocon

How To Uninstall ruby-hocon on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-hocon

Uninstall ruby-hocon And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-hocon

Remove ruby-hocon Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-hocon

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-hocon have the following dependencies:

• ruby

References

• ruby-hocon website

Summary

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