How To Install ruby-minitar on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ruby-minitar

ruby-minitar is:

Archive::Tar::Minitar is a pure-Ruby library and command-line utility that provides the ability to deal with POSIX tar(1) archive files.

The implementation is based heavily on Mauricio Ferna’ndez’s implementation in rpa-base, but has been reorganised to promote reuse in other projects.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-minitar

Install ruby-minitar Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-minitar

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-minitar

How To Uninstall ruby-minitar on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-minitar

Uninstall ruby-minitar And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-minitar

Remove ruby-minitar Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-minitar

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-minitar have the following dependencies:

• ruby

References

• ruby-minitar website

Summary

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