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:
References
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
.