How To Install ruby-activesupport on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-activesupport on Debian 9. ruby-activesupport is Support and utility classes used by the Rails 4.1 framework

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-activesupport on Debian 9.

What is ruby-activesupport

ruby-activesupport is:

ActiveSupport consists of utility classes and extensions to the Ruby standard library that were required for Rails but found to be generally useful.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-activesupport

Install ruby-activesupport Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-activesupport

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-activesupport

How To Uninstall ruby-activesupport on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-activesupport

Uninstall ruby-activesupport And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-activesupport

Remove ruby-activesupport Configurations and Data

To remove ruby-activesupport configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-activesupport

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-activesupport have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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