How To Install ruby-rb-inotify on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ruby-rb-inotify

ruby-rb-inotify is:

This Ruby library is a simple wrapper over inotify, a Linux kernel subsystem that acts to extend filesystems to notice changes to the filesystem, and report those changes to applications.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-rb-inotify

Install ruby-rb-inotify Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-rb-inotify

Install ruby-rb-inotify 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-rb-inotify using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-rb-inotify

How To Uninstall ruby-rb-inotify on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-rb-inotify

Uninstall ruby-rb-inotify And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-rb-inotify

Remove ruby-rb-inotify Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-rb-inotify

Remove ruby-rb-inotify configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-rb-inotify

Dependencies

ruby-rb-inotify have the following dependencies:

• ruby
• ruby-ffi

References

• ruby-rb-inotify website

Summary

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