How To Install ruby-grit on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-grit on Debian 9. ruby-grit is Ruby Git bindings

Introduction

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

What is ruby-grit

ruby-grit is:

Grit gives you object oriented read/write access to Git repositories via Ruby. The main goals are stability and performance. To this end, some of the interactions with Git repositories are done by shelling out to the system’s git command, and other interactions are done with pure Ruby reimplementations of core Git functionality. This choice, however, is transparent to end users, and you need not know which method is being used.

This software was developed to power GitHub, and should be considered production ready.

This version has been patched for use with GITLAB.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-grit

Install ruby-grit Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-grit

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-grit

How To Uninstall ruby-grit on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-grit

Uninstall ruby-grit And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-grit

Remove ruby-grit Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-grit

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-grit have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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