How To Install ruby-unicode-display-width on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-unicode-display-width on Kali Linux.

What is ruby-unicode-display-width

ruby-unicode-display-width is:

When printed to the screen, the length of the string is usually equal to the number of cells it occupies. However, there are categories of characters that occupy 2 cells (full-wide), and others that occupy 0. This library provides functions similar to wcwidth() and wcswidth() known from C, to determine the monospace display width of a string.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-unicode-display-width

Install ruby-unicode-display-width Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-unicode-display-width

Install ruby-unicode-display-width 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-unicode-display-width using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-unicode-display-width

How To Uninstall ruby-unicode-display-width on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the ruby-unicode-display-width package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ruby-unicode-display-width

Uninstall ruby-unicode-display-width And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-unicode-display-width

Remove ruby-unicode-display-width Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-unicode-display-width

Remove ruby-unicode-display-width configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-unicode-display-width

Dependencies

ruby-unicode-display-width have the following dependencies:

• ruby

References

• ruby-unicode-display-width website

Summary

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