How To Install ruby-rsync on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ruby-rsync

ruby-rsync is:

Ruby/Rsync is a Ruby library that can synchronize files between remote hosts by wrapping a call to the rsync binary.

This library provides wrapper and bindings for rsync binary.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-rsync

Install ruby-rsync Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-rsync

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-rsync

How To Uninstall ruby-rsync on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-rsync

Uninstall ruby-rsync And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-rsync

Remove ruby-rsync Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-rsync

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-rsync have the following dependencies:

• ruby

References

• ruby-rsync website

Summary

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