How To Install ruby-mimemagic on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ruby-mimemagic

ruby-mimemagic is:

The mimemagic Ruby library provides fast MIME detection by extension or content. It uses the freedesktop.org MIME database provided by the shared-mime-info package. It also contains some extra magic to detect Microsoft Office 2007+ formats.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-mimemagic

Install ruby-mimemagic Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-mimemagic

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-mimemagic

How To Uninstall ruby-mimemagic on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-mimemagic

Uninstall ruby-mimemagic And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-mimemagic

Remove ruby-mimemagic Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-mimemagic

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-mimemagic have the following dependencies:

References

• ruby-mimemagic website

Summary

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