How To Install ruby-pkg-config on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ruby-pkg-config

ruby-pkg-config is:

pkg-config can be used in your extconf.rb to properly detect necessary libraries for compiling native Ruby extensions, using the pkg-config database. Note that this package does not use pkg-config, only its database.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-pkg-config

Install ruby-pkg-config Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-pkg-config

Install ruby-pkg-config 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-pkg-config using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-pkg-config

How To Uninstall ruby-pkg-config on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-pkg-config

Uninstall ruby-pkg-config And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-pkg-config

Remove ruby-pkg-config Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-pkg-config

Remove ruby-pkg-config configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-pkg-config

Dependencies

ruby-pkg-config have the following dependencies:

• ruby

References

• ruby-pkg-config website

Summary

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