How To Install ruby-solve on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-solve on Kali Linux.
What is ruby-solve
ruby-solve is:
Ruby versioning constraint solver implementing Semantic Versioning 2.0.0 (see http://semver.org/).
Solve supports two different resolvers. A pure Ruby solver implemented using Molinillo and the same dependency resolver the Chef Server uses, dep-selector, which is a Ruby C extension for Gecode.
The Ruby solver is installed and enabled by default. If you’d like to use the Gecode solver you can do so by installing the ruby-dep-selector package.
There are three methods to install ruby-solve 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-solve Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ruby-solve using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-solveInstall ruby-solve Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ruby-solve using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-solveInstall ruby-solve 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ruby-solve using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-solveHow To Uninstall ruby-solve on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the ruby-solve package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-solveUninstall ruby-solve And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-solve and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-solveRemove ruby-solve Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-solve configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-solveRemove ruby-solve configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-solve configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-solveDependencies
ruby-solve have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-solve package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.