How To Install libruby2.7 on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libruby2.7 on Kali Linux.
What is libruby2.7
libruby2.7 is:
Ruby is the interpreted scripting language for quick and easy object-oriented programming. It has many features to process text files and to do system management tasks (as in perl). It is simple, straight-forward, and extensible.
This package includes the ’libruby-2.7’ library, necessary to run Ruby 2.7. (API version 2.7.0)
There are three methods to install libruby2.7 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 libruby2.7 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libruby2.7 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libruby2.7Install libruby2.7 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libruby2.7 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libruby2.7Install libruby2.7 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install libruby2.7 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libruby2.7How To Uninstall libruby2.7 on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the libruby2.7 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libruby2.7Uninstall libruby2.7 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libruby2.7 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libruby2.7Remove libruby2.7 Configurations and Data
To remove libruby2.7 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libruby2.7Remove libruby2.7 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libruby2.7 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libruby2.7Dependencies
libruby2.7 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libruby2.7 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.