How To Install ruby-adsf on Debian 10

Learn how to install ruby-adsf on Debian 10 with this tutorial. ruby-adsf is tiny static file server

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-adsf on Debian 10.

What is ruby-adsf

ruby-adsf is:

adsf (A Dead Simple Fileserver) is a tiny web server that can be spawned in any directory to serve static files. It can be used programmatically in Rack and other Ruby applications.

For example, the nanoc static website generator uses it its “view” command.

There are three methods to install ruby-adsf on Debian 10. 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-adsf 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-adsf using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-adsf

Install ruby-adsf Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-adsf

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-adsf

How To Uninstall ruby-adsf on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-adsf

Uninstall ruby-adsf And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ruby-adsf and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-adsf

Remove ruby-adsf Configurations and Data

To remove ruby-adsf configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-adsf

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-adsf have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-adsf package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.