How To Install ruby-html2text on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-html2text on Kali Linux. ruby-html2text is convert HTML into plain text

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-html2text on Kali Linux.

What is ruby-html2text

ruby-html2text is:

This package provides the gem html2text, which can be used to convert HTML input into a plain text format. It uses Ruby’s DOM methods to load HTML from a string, and then iterates over the resulting DOM to correctly output plain text.

There are three methods to install ruby-html2text 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-html2text 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-html2text using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-html2text

Install ruby-html2text Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ruby-html2text using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ruby-html2text

Install ruby-html2text 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-html2text using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-html2text

How To Uninstall ruby-html2text on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the ruby-html2text package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ruby-html2text

Uninstall ruby-html2text And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ruby-html2text and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-html2text

Remove ruby-html2text Configurations and Data

To remove ruby-html2text configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-html2text

Remove ruby-html2text configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ruby-html2text configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-html2text

Dependencies

ruby-html2text have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-html2text package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.