How To Install ruby-uuidtools on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ruby-uuidtools

ruby-uuidtools is:

UUIDTools was designed to be a simple library for generating any of the various types of UUIDs (or GUIDs if you prefer to call them that). It conforms to RFC 4122 whenever possible.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-uuidtools

Install ruby-uuidtools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-uuidtools

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-uuidtools

How To Uninstall ruby-uuidtools on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-uuidtools

Uninstall ruby-uuidtools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-uuidtools

Remove ruby-uuidtools Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-uuidtools

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-uuidtools have the following dependencies:

• ruby

References

• ruby-uuidtools website

Summary

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