How To Install ruby-guestfs on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-guestfs on Kali Linux. ruby-guestfs is guest disk image management system - Ruby bindings

Introduction

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

What is ruby-guestfs

ruby-guestfs is:

The libguestfs library allows accessing and modifying guest disk images.

This package contains Ruby bindings to libguestfs.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-guestfs

Install ruby-guestfs Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-guestfs

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-guestfs

How To Uninstall ruby-guestfs on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-guestfs

Uninstall ruby-guestfs And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-guestfs

Remove ruby-guestfs Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-guestfs

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-guestfs have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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