How to Install and Uninstall ruby-dev Package on Kali Linux

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "ruby-dev" package

Please follow the steps below to install ruby-dev on Kali Linux


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                ruby-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "ruby-dev" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall ruby-dev on Kali Linux:


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                ruby-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the ruby-dev package on Kali Linux

Package: ruby-dev
Source: ruby-defaults
Version: 1:3.1
Installed-Size: 17
Maintainer: Debian Ruby Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: ruby3.1-dev
Size: 5116
SHA256: 77ea363197f464151cc67a4bbe7ce772424f9329f0cef291dc581b8559d0dfe5
SHA1: ab8483d7c2a4af0cecd67ac13402de59afc68415
MD5sum: 976a711b535aaa1d5ea22dc69f074bb0
Description: Header files for compiling extension modules for Ruby (default version)
Ruby is the interpreted scripting language for quick and easy
object-oriented programming. It has many features to process text
files and to do system management tasks (as in perl). It is simple,
straight-forward, and extensible.
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This package contains the header files and the mkmf library, necessary
to make extension library for Ruby. It is also required to build
many gems.
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This package is a dependency package, which depends on Debian's default Ruby
version (currently v3.1).
Description-md5:
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://www.ruby-lang.org/
Section: ruby
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/r/ruby-defaults/ruby-dev_3.1_amd64.deb