How To Install ruby-plist on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ruby-plist

ruby-plist is:

Plist is a library to manipulate Property List files, also known as plists. It can parse plist files into native Ruby data structures as well as generating new plist files from your Ruby objects.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-plist

Install ruby-plist Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-plist

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-plist

How To Uninstall ruby-plist on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-plist

Uninstall ruby-plist And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-plist

Remove ruby-plist Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-plist

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-plist have the following dependencies:

• ruby

References

• ruby-plist website

Summary

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