
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install cucumber on Kali Linux.
What is cucumber
cucumber is:
Cucumber lets software development teams describe how software should behave
in plain text. The text is written in a business-readable domain-specific
language and serves as documentation, automated tests and development-aid –
all rolled into one format.
There are three methods to install cucumber 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 cucumber Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install cucumber using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install cucumber
Install cucumber Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install cucumber using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install cucumber
Install cucumber 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 cucumber using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install cucumber
How To Uninstall cucumber on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the cucumber package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove cucumber
Uninstall cucumber And Its Dependencies
To uninstall cucumber and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove cucumber
Remove cucumber Configurations and Data
To remove cucumber configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge cucumber
Remove cucumber configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove cucumber configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge cucumber
Dependencies
cucumber have the following dependencies:
- libjs-jquery
- ruby
- ruby-builder
- ruby-cucumber-core
- ruby-cucumber-wire
- ruby-diff-lcs
- ruby-gherkin
- ruby-multi-json
- ruby-multi-test
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install cucumber package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.

