How To Install ruby-nokogumbo on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-nokogumbo on Kali Linux. ruby-nokogumbo is Nokogiri interface to the Gumbo HTML5 parser

Introduction

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

What is ruby-nokogumbo

ruby-nokogumbo is:

Nokogiri is an HTML and XML parser for Ruby. Gumbo is a HTML5 parser written in pure C.

Nokogumbo allows a Ruby program to invoke the Gumbo parser and access the result as a Nokogiri parsed document.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-nokogumbo

Install ruby-nokogumbo Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-nokogumbo

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-nokogumbo

How To Uninstall ruby-nokogumbo on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-nokogumbo

Uninstall ruby-nokogumbo And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-nokogumbo

Remove ruby-nokogumbo Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-nokogumbo

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-nokogumbo have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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