How To Install ruby-tzinfo on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ruby-tzinfo

ruby-tzinfo is:

TZInfo is a Ruby library that uses the standard tz (Olson) database to provide daylight savings aware transformations between times in different time zones.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-tzinfo

Install ruby-tzinfo Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-tzinfo

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-tzinfo

How To Uninstall ruby-tzinfo on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-tzinfo

Uninstall ruby-tzinfo And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-tzinfo

Remove ruby-tzinfo Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-tzinfo

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-tzinfo have the following dependencies:

• ruby-thread-safe
• tzdata

References

• ruby-tzinfo website

Summary

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