How To Install camping on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install camping on Debian 9. camping is small Ruby web framework for Model-View-Controller type applications

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install camping on Debian 9.

What is camping

camping is:

Camping is a web framework which consistently stays at less than 4kb of code. The idea here is to store a complete fledgling web application (written in Ruby) in a single file like many small CGIs, but to organize it as a Model-View-Controller application like Rails does. You can then easily move it to Rails once you’ve got it going.

There are three methods to install camping on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install camping Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install camping

Install camping Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install camping using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install camping

Install camping Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install camping using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install camping

How To Uninstall camping on Debian 9

To uninstall only the camping package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove camping

Uninstall camping And Its Dependencies

To uninstall camping and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove camping

Remove camping Configurations and Data

To remove camping configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge camping

Remove camping configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge camping

Dependencies

camping have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install camping package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.