How To Install ruby-maruku on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-maruku on Kali Linux. ruby-maruku is Markdown-superset interpreter written in Ruby

Introduction

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

What is ruby-maruku

ruby-maruku is:

Maruku implements a superset of the Markdown language, designed to easily create HTML documents while only focusing on the high-level structure and not the details. Maruku also supports LaTeX export, which means you can produce PDF output.

Maruku prides itself of being decently fast on long documents.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-maruku

Install ruby-maruku Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-maruku

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-maruku

How To Uninstall ruby-maruku on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-maruku

Uninstall ruby-maruku And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-maruku

Remove ruby-maruku Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-maruku

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-maruku have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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