How To Install ruby-rmagick on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ruby-rmagick

ruby-rmagick is:

RMagick is an interface between the Ruby programming language and the ImageMagick image processing library.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-rmagick

Install ruby-rmagick Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-rmagick

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-rmagick

How To Uninstall ruby-rmagick on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-rmagick

Uninstall ruby-rmagick And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-rmagick

Remove ruby-rmagick Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-rmagick

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-rmagick have the following dependencies:

• ruby

References

• ruby-rmagick website

Summary

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