How To Install ruby-glib2 on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-glib2 on Kali Linux.

What is ruby-glib2

ruby-glib2 is:

GLib is a useful general-purpose C library, notably used by GTK+ and GNOME.

This package contains libraries for using GLib 2 with the Ruby programming language. It is most likely useful in conjunction with Ruby bindings for other libraries such as GTK+.

There are three methods to install ruby-glib2 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-glib2 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-glib2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-glib2

Install ruby-glib2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ruby-glib2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ruby-glib2

Install ruby-glib2 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-glib2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-glib2

How To Uninstall ruby-glib2 on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the ruby-glib2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ruby-glib2

Uninstall ruby-glib2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ruby-glib2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-glib2

Remove ruby-glib2 Configurations and Data

To remove ruby-glib2 configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-glib2

Remove ruby-glib2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ruby-glib2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-glib2

Dependencies

ruby-glib2 have the following dependencies:

• ruby

References

• ruby-glib2 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-glib2 package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.