How To Install ruby-tty-spinner on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ruby-tty-spinner

ruby-tty-spinner is:

tty-spinner provides a selection of different text-based animations that can be shown when the user is waiting on a task running in terminal that has non-deterministic time frame.

Those tasks will usually be waiting for some I/O, for example a download or a task that was requested from a service that will give an answer whenever the response is ready.

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

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

Install ruby-tty-spinner Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-tty-spinner

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-tty-spinner

How To Uninstall ruby-tty-spinner on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-tty-spinner

Uninstall ruby-tty-spinner And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove ruby-tty-spinner Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-tty-spinner have the following dependencies:

• ruby-tty-cursor

References

• ruby-tty-spinner website

Summary

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