How To Install ruby-albino on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-albino on Debian 9. ruby-albino is Ruby wrapper for pygmentize

Introduction

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

What is ruby-albino

ruby-albino is:

Albino is a ruby wrapper for python-pygmentize.

Pygments aims to be a generic syntax highlighter for general use in all kinds of software such as forum systems, wikis or other applications that need to prettify source code.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-albino

Install ruby-albino Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-albino

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-albino

How To Uninstall ruby-albino on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-albino

Uninstall ruby-albino And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-albino

Remove ruby-albino Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-albino

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-albino have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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