How To Install ruby-atomic on Debian 12

Learn how to install ruby-atomic on Debian 12 with this tutorial. ruby-atomic is atomic reference implementation for JRuby, Rubinius, and MRI

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-atomic on Debian 12.

What is ruby-atomic

ruby-atomic is:

An atomic reference implementation for JRuby, Rubinius, and MRI.

This library provides an Atomic class that guarantees atomic updates to its contained value.

There are three methods to install ruby-atomic on Debian 12. 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-atomic 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-atomic using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-atomic

Install ruby-atomic Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-atomic

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-atomic

How To Uninstall ruby-atomic on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-atomic

Uninstall ruby-atomic And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ruby-atomic and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-atomic

Remove ruby-atomic Configurations and Data

To remove ruby-atomic configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-atomic

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-atomic have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-atomic package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.