How To Install ruby-data-uri on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-data-uri on Kali Linux.

What is ruby-data-uri

ruby-data-uri is:

Data URIs allow resources to be embedded inside a URI. The URI::Data class provides support for parsing these URIs using the normal URI.parse method.

This was written to support embedding binary data inside JSON messages in a relatively reasonable way. If you find some other use for it, please drop a line to the upstream.

There are three methods to install ruby-data-uri 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-data-uri 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-data-uri using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-data-uri

Install ruby-data-uri Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-data-uri

Install ruby-data-uri 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-data-uri using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-data-uri

How To Uninstall ruby-data-uri on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the ruby-data-uri package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ruby-data-uri

Uninstall ruby-data-uri And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-data-uri

Remove ruby-data-uri Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-data-uri

Remove ruby-data-uri configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-data-uri

Dependencies

ruby-data-uri have the following dependencies:

• ruby

References

• ruby-data-uri website

Summary

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