How To Install ruby-ffi-bit-masks on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-ffi-bit-masks on Kali Linux.

What is ruby-ffi-bit-masks

ruby-ffi-bit-masks is:

FFI plugin which adds support for bitmasked types (or flags) to FFI. This plugin can map a Hash of flags to their bitmask value; and also an Integer bitmask to a Hash of flags.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-ffi-bit-masks

Install ruby-ffi-bit-masks Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-ffi-bit-masks

Install ruby-ffi-bit-masks 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-ffi-bit-masks using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-ffi-bit-masks

How To Uninstall ruby-ffi-bit-masks on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the ruby-ffi-bit-masks package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ruby-ffi-bit-masks

Uninstall ruby-ffi-bit-masks And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-ffi-bit-masks

Remove ruby-ffi-bit-masks Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-ffi-bit-masks

Remove ruby-ffi-bit-masks configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-ffi-bit-masks

Dependencies

ruby-ffi-bit-masks have the following dependencies:

• ruby
• ruby-ffi

References

• ruby-ffi-bit-masks website

Summary

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