How To Install ruby-ascii85 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-ascii85 on Debian 9. ruby-ascii85 is Ruby library to encode/decode the Ascii85 format

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-ascii85 on Debian 9.

What is ruby-ascii85

ruby-ascii85 is:

Ascii85 (also called “Base85”) is a form of binary-to-text encoding, wich is mainly used in Adobe’s PostScript and PDF format. This package provides a ruby library to encode/decode Ascii85.

It ships also a command line utility, which can encode/decode files to the standard output.

There are three methods to install ruby-ascii85 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-ascii85 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-ascii85 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-ascii85

Install ruby-ascii85 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ruby-ascii85 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ruby-ascii85

Install ruby-ascii85 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-ascii85 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-ascii85

How To Uninstall ruby-ascii85 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the ruby-ascii85 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ruby-ascii85

Uninstall ruby-ascii85 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ruby-ascii85 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-ascii85

Remove ruby-ascii85 Configurations and Data

To remove ruby-ascii85 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-ascii85

Remove ruby-ascii85 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ruby-ascii85 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-ascii85

Dependencies

ruby-ascii85 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-ascii85 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.