How To Install ruby-growl on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ruby-growl

ruby-growl is:

A pure-ruby growl notifier for UDP and GNTP growl protocols. ruby-growl allows you to perform Growl notifications from machines without growl installed (for example, non-OSX machines).

What is growl? Growl is a really cool “global notification system originally for Mac OS X”.

You can receive Growl notifications on various platforms and send them from any machine that runs Ruby.

ruby-growl also contains a command-line notification tool named ‘growl’. It is almost completely option-compatible with growlnotify. (All except for -p is supported, use –priority instead.)

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-growl

Install ruby-growl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-growl

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-growl

How To Uninstall ruby-growl on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-growl

Uninstall ruby-growl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-growl

Remove ruby-growl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-growl

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-growl have the following dependencies:

• ruby
• ruby-uuid

References

• ruby-growl website

Summary

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