How To Install ruby-rugments on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ruby-rugments

ruby-rugments is:

Rugments is a pure-ruby syntax highlighter. It can highlight over 60 languages, and output HTML or ANSI 256-color text. Its HTML output is compatible with stylesheets designed for pygments.

It aims to a be a simple, easy-to-extend drop-in replacement for pygments.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-rugments

Install ruby-rugments Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-rugments

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-rugments

How To Uninstall ruby-rugments on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-rugments

Uninstall ruby-rugments And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-rugments

Remove ruby-rugments Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-rugments

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-rugments have the following dependencies:

• ruby

References

• ruby-rugments website

Summary

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