How To Install ruby-vips on Kali Linux

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-vips on Kali Linux. ruby-vips is Ruby extension for the vips image processing library

Introduction

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

What is ruby-vips

ruby-vips is:

This package provides a binding for the vips image processing library. It is extremely fast and it can process huge images without loading the whole image in memory.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-vips

Install ruby-vips Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-vips

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-vips

How To Uninstall ruby-vips on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-vips

Uninstall ruby-vips And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-vips

Remove ruby-vips Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-vips

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-vips have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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