How To Install ruby-pathspec on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ruby-pathspec

ruby-pathspec is:

This library implements matching of path patterns as they exist in gitignore files. With this library you can load a gitignore file, and then verify that a path matches one of the patterns listed in the file. You can also find out all of the files matching different patterns in a whole hierarchy of a filesystem.

This library is a ruby port of the Python library with the same name.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-pathspec

Install ruby-pathspec Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-pathspec

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-pathspec

How To Uninstall ruby-pathspec on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-pathspec

Uninstall ruby-pathspec And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-pathspec

Remove ruby-pathspec Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-pathspec

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-pathspec have the following dependencies:

• ruby

References

• ruby-pathspec website

Summary

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