How To Install ruby-uconv on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-uconv on Kali Linux. ruby-uconv is Unicode/EUC-JP translation module for Ruby

Introduction

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

What is ruby-uconv

ruby-uconv is:

The encoding translation module for the object-oriented scripting language Ruby 1.8. Supported character encodings are UCS-4, UTF-16, UTF-8, EUC-JP and CP932 (a variant of Shift_JIS for Japanese Windows). This cannot detect character encoding automatically.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-uconv

Install ruby-uconv Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-uconv

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-uconv

How To Uninstall ruby-uconv on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-uconv

Uninstall ruby-uconv And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-uconv

Remove ruby-uconv Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-uconv

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-uconv have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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