How To Install ruby-cairo-gobject on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ruby-cairo-gobject

ruby-cairo-gobject is:

Cairo is a multi-platform library providing anti-aliased vector-based rendering for multiple target backends; CairoGObject provides wrapper GObject types for all Cairo types.

This package contains libraries for CairoGObject with the Ruby language.

There are three methods to install ruby-cairo-gobject 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 ruby-cairo-gobject Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-cairo-gobject

Install ruby-cairo-gobject Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-cairo-gobject

Install ruby-cairo-gobject 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 ruby-cairo-gobject using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-cairo-gobject

How To Uninstall ruby-cairo-gobject on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-cairo-gobject

Uninstall ruby-cairo-gobject And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-cairo-gobject

Remove ruby-cairo-gobject Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-cairo-gobject

Remove ruby-cairo-gobject configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-cairo-gobject

Dependencies

ruby-cairo-gobject have the following dependencies:

• ruby

References

• ruby-cairo-gobject website

Summary

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