How To Install ruby-gstreamer on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ruby-gstreamer

ruby-gstreamer is:

GStreamer is a media processing framework with support for a wide variety of data sources, sinks, and formats through the use of dynamically loaded plugins.

This package contains libraries for using GStreamer with the Ruby programming language.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-gstreamer

Install ruby-gstreamer Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-gstreamer

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-gstreamer

How To Uninstall ruby-gstreamer on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-gstreamer

Uninstall ruby-gstreamer And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-gstreamer

Remove ruby-gstreamer Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-gstreamer

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-gstreamer have the following dependencies:

• ruby

References

• ruby-gstreamer website

Summary

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