How To Install ruby-full on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ruby-full

ruby-full is:

For many good reasons, the Ruby programming language is split in many small different packages. Installing this package will make sure you have all the packages that add up to a full Ruby installation, with the exception of the Tcl/Tk bindings for Ruby, which are only recommended.

This package is a dependency package, which depends on Debian’s default Ruby version (currently v2.7).

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-full

Install ruby-full Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-full

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-full

How To Uninstall ruby-full on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-full

Uninstall ruby-full And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-full

Remove ruby-full Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-full

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-full have the following dependencies:

• ruby
• ruby-dev
• ri

References

• ruby-full website

Summary

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