How To Install yard on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install yard on Kali Linux. yard is Ruby documentation tool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install yard on Kali Linux.

What is yard

yard is:

YARD is a documentation generation tool for the Ruby programming language. It enables the user to generate consistent, usable documentation that can be exported to a number of formats very easily, and also supports extending for custom Ruby constructs such as custom class level definitions.

There are three methods to install yard 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 yard Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install yard

Install yard Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install yard using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install yard

Install yard 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 yard using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install yard

How To Uninstall yard on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the yard package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove yard

Uninstall yard And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove yard

Remove yard Configurations and Data

To remove yard configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge yard

Remove yard configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yard

Dependencies

yard have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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