How To Install ruby-rubygems on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ruby-rubygems

ruby-rubygems is:

A package (also known as a library) contains a set of functionality that can be invoked by a Ruby program, such as reading and parsing an XML file. These packages are called ‘gems’ and RubyGems is a tool to install, create, manage and load these packages in your Ruby environment. RubyGems is also a client for RubyGems.org, a public repository of Gems that allows you to publish a Gem that can be shared and used by other developers.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-rubygems

Install ruby-rubygems Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-rubygems

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-rubygems

How To Uninstall ruby-rubygems on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-rubygems

Uninstall ruby-rubygems And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-rubygems

Remove ruby-rubygems Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-rubygems

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-rubygems have the following dependencies:

• ruby

References

• ruby-rubygems website

Summary

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