How To Install xmlformat-ruby on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is xmlformat-ruby

xmlformat-ruby is:

xmlformat is a configurable formatter (or “pretty-printer”) for XML documents. It provides control over indentation, line-breaking, and text wrapping. These properties can be defined on a per-element basis.

xmlformat provides improved diagnostic information when a document is not well-formed. (Prints line and token number, and stack trace).

This is the ruby implementation

There are three methods to install xmlformat-ruby 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 xmlformat-ruby Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install xmlformat-ruby

Install xmlformat-ruby Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install xmlformat-ruby

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

sudo aptitude -y install xmlformat-ruby

How To Uninstall xmlformat-ruby on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove xmlformat-ruby

Uninstall xmlformat-ruby And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove xmlformat-ruby

Remove xmlformat-ruby Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge xmlformat-ruby

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

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

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

Dependencies

xmlformat-ruby have the following dependencies:

• ruby

References

• xmlformat-ruby website

Summary

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