How To Install ruby-pdf-core on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ruby-pdf-core

ruby-pdf-core is:

PDF::Core is a pure Ruby library to render PDF documents. It supports several PDF features, such as among others:

• low-level annotation
• istream objects and stream filters
• NameTree
• object repository
• object serialization
• indirect objects
• page geometries

It is used internally by Prawn (provided in the ruby-prawn package), a Ruby PDF generation library.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-pdf-core

Install ruby-pdf-core Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-pdf-core

Install ruby-pdf-core 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-pdf-core using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-pdf-core

How To Uninstall ruby-pdf-core on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-pdf-core

Uninstall ruby-pdf-core And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-pdf-core

Remove ruby-pdf-core Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-pdf-core

Remove ruby-pdf-core configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-pdf-core

Dependencies

ruby-pdf-core have the following dependencies:

• ruby-pdf-reader

References

• ruby-pdf-core website

Summary

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