How To Install ruby-redcarpet on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ruby-redcarpet

ruby-redcarpet is:

Redcarpet is Ruby library for Markdown processing.

This is fast, safe and extensible Markdown to (X)HTML parser.

Learn more about its usage at /usr/share/doc/redcarpet/README.markdown.gz

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-redcarpet

Install ruby-redcarpet Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-redcarpet

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-redcarpet

How To Uninstall ruby-redcarpet on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-redcarpet

Uninstall ruby-redcarpet And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-redcarpet

Remove ruby-redcarpet Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-redcarpet

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-redcarpet have the following dependencies:

• ruby

References

• ruby-redcarpet website

Summary

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