How To Install ruby-haml on Debian 10

Learn how to install ruby-haml on Debian 10 with this tutorial. ruby-haml is Elegant, structured XHTML/XML templating engine

Introduction

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

What is ruby-haml

ruby-haml is:

Haml (HTML Abstraction Markup Language) is a layer on top of XHTML or XML that’s designed to express the structure of XHTML or XML documents in a non-repetitive, elegant, easy way, using indentation rather than closing tags and allowing Ruby to be embedded with ease.

It was originally envisioned as a plugin for Ruby on Rails, but it can function as a stand-alone templating engine.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-haml

Install ruby-haml Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-haml

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-haml

How To Uninstall ruby-haml on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-haml

Uninstall ruby-haml And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-haml

Remove ruby-haml Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-haml

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-haml have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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