How To Install weechat-ruby on Kali Linux

Introduction

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

What is weechat-ruby

weechat-ruby is:

WeeChat (Wee Enhanced Environment for Chat) is a fast and light chat client for many operating systems. Everything can be done with a keyboard.

This package provides the Ruby scripting API plugin.

There are three methods to install weechat-ruby 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 weechat-ruby Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install weechat-ruby

Install weechat-ruby Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install weechat-ruby

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

sudo aptitude -y install weechat-ruby

How To Uninstall weechat-ruby on Kali Linux

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

sudo apt-get remove weechat-ruby

Uninstall weechat-ruby And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove weechat-ruby

Remove weechat-ruby Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge weechat-ruby

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

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

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

Dependencies

weechat-ruby have the following dependencies:

• libc6
• libruby2.7
• weechat-curses

References

• weechat-ruby website

Summary

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