How To Install ruby-xmlparser on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ruby-xmlparser

ruby-xmlparser is:

This is the module to access to James Clark’s XML Parser Toolkit “expat” URL:http://www.jclark.com/xml/expat.html from Ruby.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-xmlparser

Install ruby-xmlparser Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-xmlparser

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-xmlparser

How To Uninstall ruby-xmlparser on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-xmlparser

Uninstall ruby-xmlparser And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-xmlparser

Remove ruby-xmlparser Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-xmlparser

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-xmlparser have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libexpat1
• libruby2.7
• ruby

References

• ruby-xmlparser website

Summary

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