How To Install ruby-mime-types on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ruby-mime-types

ruby-mime-types is:

This library allows for the identification of a file’s likely MIME content type. The identification of MIME content type is based on a file’s filename extensions.

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

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

Install ruby-mime-types Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-mime-types

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-mime-types

How To Uninstall ruby-mime-types on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-mime-types

Uninstall ruby-mime-types And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ruby-mime-types 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

Remove ruby-mime-types Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-mime-types have the following dependencies:

• ruby-mime-types-data

References

• ruby-mime-types website

Summary

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