How To Install ruby-mime-types-data on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-mime-types-data on Kali Linux.

What is ruby-mime-types-data

ruby-mime-types-data is:

This package consists of the gem mime-types-data that provides a registry for information about MIME media type definitions. It can be used with the Ruby mime-types library or other software to determine defined filename extensions for MIME types, or to use filename extensions to look up the likely MIME type definitions.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-mime-types-data

Install ruby-mime-types-data Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-mime-types-data

Install ruby-mime-types-data 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-mime-types-data using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-mime-types-data

How To Uninstall ruby-mime-types-data on Kali Linux

To uninstall only the ruby-mime-types-data package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ruby-mime-types-data

Uninstall ruby-mime-types-data And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-mime-types-data

Remove ruby-mime-types-data Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-mime-types-data

Remove ruby-mime-types-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-mime-types-data

Dependencies

ruby-mime-types-data have the following dependencies:

• ruby

References

• ruby-mime-types-data website

Summary

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