How To Install ruby-equalizer on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-equalizer on Debian 11. ruby-equalizer is Ruby module to define equality, equivalence and inspection methods

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-equalizer on Debian 11.

What is ruby-equalizer

ruby-equalizer is:

Define equality, equivalency and hash methods automatically. When you create an equalizer object you can use all these methods automatically.

See /usr/share/doc/ruby-equalizer/README.md for a complete example.

There are three methods to install ruby-equalizer on Debian 11. 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-equalizer 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-equalizer using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-equalizer

Install ruby-equalizer Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-equalizer

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-equalizer

How To Uninstall ruby-equalizer on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-equalizer

Uninstall ruby-equalizer And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ruby-equalizer and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-equalizer

Remove ruby-equalizer Configurations and Data

To remove ruby-equalizer configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-equalizer

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-equalizer have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-equalizer package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.