How To Install ruby-ffi-rzmq on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-ffi-rzmq on Kali Linux. ruby-ffi-rzmq is FFI based Ruby bindings for ZeroMQ (?MQ) networking library

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 update

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-ffi-rzmq

Install ruby-ffi-rzmq Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-ffi-rzmq

Install 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 update

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-ffi-rzmq

How 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-rzmq

Uninstall 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-rzmq

Remove 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-rzmq

Remove 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-rzmq

Dependencies

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.