How To Install ruby-tty-prompt on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ruby-tty-prompt

ruby-tty-prompt is:

This Ruby library helps build terminal applications that make use of a beautiful and powerful interactive command line prompt. It has a robust API for getting and validating complex inputs.

It is a component of the TTY Toolkit.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-tty-prompt

Install ruby-tty-prompt Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-tty-prompt

Install ruby-tty-prompt 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-tty-prompt using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-tty-prompt

How To Uninstall ruby-tty-prompt on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-tty-prompt

Uninstall ruby-tty-prompt And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-tty-prompt

Remove ruby-tty-prompt Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-tty-prompt

Remove ruby-tty-prompt configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-tty-prompt

Dependencies

ruby-tty-prompt have the following dependencies:

• ruby-necromancer
• ruby-pastel
• ruby-tty-reader

References

• ruby-tty-prompt website

Summary

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