How To Install ruby-xdg on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is ruby-xdg

ruby-xdg is:

XDG provides a module for supporting the XDG Base Directory. Presently, it only supports the XDG Base Directory Standard.

If your program utilizes user or system-wide support files (e.g. configuration files), you owe it to yourself to checkout the XDG base directory standard.

You can learn more about the standard at: http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-xdg

Install ruby-xdg Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-xdg

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-xdg

How To Uninstall ruby-xdg on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-xdg

Uninstall ruby-xdg And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-xdg

Remove ruby-xdg Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-xdg

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-xdg have the following dependencies:

• ruby

References

• ruby-xdg website

Summary

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