How To Install ruby-ffi-rzmq on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-ffi-rzmq on Kali Linux.
What is ruby-ffi-rzmq
ruby-ffi-rzmq is:
?MQ is a library which extends the standard socket interfaces with features traditionally provided by specialised messaging middleware products.
?MQ sockets provide an abstraction of asynchronous message queues, multiple messaging patterns, message filtering (subscriptions), seamless access to multiple transport protocols and more.
This module wraps ?MQ using Ruby FFI (foreign function interface). It is a pure Ruby wrapper so it can be used with any Ruby runtime that supports FFI, including MRI, Rubinius and JRuby.
There are three methods to install ruby-ffi-rzmq 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-rzmq Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ruby-ffi-rzmq using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-ffi-rzmqInstall ruby-ffi-rzmq Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ruby-ffi-rzmq using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-ffi-rzmqInstall ruby-ffi-rzmq 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 updateAfter updating apt database, We can install ruby-ffi-rzmq using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-ffi-rzmqHow To Uninstall ruby-ffi-rzmq on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the ruby-ffi-rzmq package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-ffi-rzmqUninstall ruby-ffi-rzmq And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-ffi-rzmq and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-ffi-rzmqRemove ruby-ffi-rzmq Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-ffi-rzmq configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-ffi-rzmqRemove ruby-ffi-rzmq configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-ffi-rzmq configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-ffi-rzmqDependencies
ruby-ffi-rzmq have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-ffi-rzmq package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.