How To Install ruby-optimist on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ruby-optimist

ruby-optimist is:

Optimist is a commandline option parser for Ruby that just gets out of your way. One line of code per option is all you need to write.

For that, you get a nice automatically-generated help page, robust option parsing, command subcompletion, and sensible defaults for everything you don’t specify.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-optimist

Install ruby-optimist Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-optimist

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-optimist

How To Uninstall ruby-optimist on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-optimist

Uninstall ruby-optimist And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-optimist

Remove ruby-optimist Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-optimist

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-optimist have the following dependencies:

References

• ruby-optimist website

Summary

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