How To Install ruby-coffee-script on Debian 10

Learn how to install ruby-coffee-script on Debian 10 with this tutorial. ruby-coffee-script is Ruby CoffeeScript Compiler

Introduction

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

What is ruby-coffee-script

ruby-coffee-script is:

Ruby CoffeeScript is a bridge to the JS CoffeeScript compiler. It allows Ruby programs and libraries to compile CoffeeScript code into JavaScript.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-coffee-script

Install ruby-coffee-script Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-coffee-script

Install ruby-coffee-script 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-coffee-script using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-coffee-script

How To Uninstall ruby-coffee-script on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-coffee-script

Uninstall ruby-coffee-script And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-coffee-script

Remove ruby-coffee-script Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-coffee-script

Remove ruby-coffee-script configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-coffee-script

Dependencies

ruby-coffee-script have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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