How To Install gem-plugin-magick on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install gem-plugin-magick on Kali Linux.

What is gem-plugin-magick

gem-plugin-magick is:

Gem is a loadable library for Pure Data (Pd), which adds OpenGL graphics rendering and animation to Pd. Pd is a graphical programming language and computer music system.

This package provides image input and output using the ImageMagick library.

There are three methods to install gem-plugin-magick 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 gem-plugin-magick Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install gem-plugin-magick

Install gem-plugin-magick Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install gem-plugin-magick using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install gem-plugin-magick

Install gem-plugin-magick 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 gem-plugin-magick using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install gem-plugin-magick

How To Uninstall gem-plugin-magick on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the gem-plugin-magick package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove gem-plugin-magick

Uninstall gem-plugin-magick And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove gem-plugin-magick

Remove gem-plugin-magick Configurations and Data

To remove gem-plugin-magick configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge gem-plugin-magick

Remove gem-plugin-magick configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove gem-plugin-magick configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gem-plugin-magick

Dependencies

gem-plugin-magick have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libgcc-s1
• libmagick++-6.q16-8
• libmagickcore-6.q16-6

References

• gem-plugin-magick website

Summary

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