How To Install ruby-gollum-rugged-adapter on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-gollum-rugged-adapter on Debian 9. ruby-gollum-rugged-adapter is Adapter for Gollum to use Rugged (libgit2) at the backend

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-gollum-rugged-adapter on Debian 9.

What is ruby-gollum-rugged-adapter

ruby-gollum-rugged-adapter is:

Gollum can use multiple backends and this package provides rugged backend.

Default backend is grit, but since it is not maintained, rugged backend will become the default backend soon.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-gollum-rugged-adapter

Install ruby-gollum-rugged-adapter Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-gollum-rugged-adapter

Install ruby-gollum-rugged-adapter 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-gollum-rugged-adapter using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-gollum-rugged-adapter

How To Uninstall ruby-gollum-rugged-adapter on Debian 9

To uninstall only the ruby-gollum-rugged-adapter package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ruby-gollum-rugged-adapter

Uninstall ruby-gollum-rugged-adapter And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-gollum-rugged-adapter

Remove ruby-gollum-rugged-adapter Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-gollum-rugged-adapter

Remove ruby-gollum-rugged-adapter configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-gollum-rugged-adapter

Dependencies

ruby-gollum-rugged-adapter have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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