How To Install ruby-gio2 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-gio2 on Debian 9. ruby-gio2 is GIO bindings for the Ruby language

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-gio2 on Debian 9.

What is ruby-gio2

ruby-gio2 is:

GIO is a I/O stack for GLIB/GTK+ applications. This package provides GIO bindings to be used in Ruby programs.

There are three methods to install ruby-gio2 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-gio2 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-gio2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-gio2

Install ruby-gio2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ruby-gio2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ruby-gio2

Install ruby-gio2 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-gio2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-gio2

How To Uninstall ruby-gio2 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the ruby-gio2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ruby-gio2

Uninstall ruby-gio2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ruby-gio2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-gio2

Remove ruby-gio2 Configurations and Data

To remove ruby-gio2 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-gio2

Remove ruby-gio2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ruby-gio2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-gio2

Dependencies

ruby-gio2 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-gio2 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.