How To Install ruby-simplecov-html on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-simplecov-html on Kali Linux. ruby-simplecov-html is default HTML formatter for SimpleCov code coverage tool

Introduction

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

What is ruby-simplecov-html

ruby-simplecov-html is:

Default HTML formatter for SimpleCov code coverage tool for ruby 1.9+

Generates a nice HTML report of your SimpleCov ruby code coverage results on Ruby 1.9 using client-side Javascript quite extensively.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-simplecov-html

Install ruby-simplecov-html Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-simplecov-html

Install ruby-simplecov-html 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-simplecov-html using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-simplecov-html

How To Uninstall ruby-simplecov-html on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-simplecov-html

Uninstall ruby-simplecov-html And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-simplecov-html

Remove ruby-simplecov-html Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-simplecov-html

Remove ruby-simplecov-html configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-simplecov-html

Dependencies

ruby-simplecov-html have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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