How To Install ruby-exif on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ruby-exif

ruby-exif is:

ruby-exif is a library for parsing, editing, and saving EXIF data. You can retrieve useful information from EXIF tags contained in images created by recording equipments(for example, digital camera).

ruby-exif provides a simple interface to this library.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-exif

Install ruby-exif Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-exif

Install ruby-exif 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-exif using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-exif

How To Uninstall ruby-exif on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-exif

Uninstall ruby-exif And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-exif

Remove ruby-exif Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-exif

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

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-exif

Dependencies

ruby-exif have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libexif12
• libruby2.7
• ruby

References

• ruby-exif website

Summary

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