How To Install ruby-image-science on Debian 10

Learn how to install ruby-image-science on Debian 10 with this tutorial. ruby-image-science is Clean Ruby library to provide simple transformations on images

Introduction

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

What is ruby-image-science

ruby-image-science is:

ImageScience is a clean Ruby library allowing for simple transformations on images, mainly geared towards generating thumbnails

  • The provided functions aim at scaling and cropping images.

Emphasis is made on keeping the code as lean as possible (at less than 200 LoC), and on correctness to avoid memory leaks and similar problems that often accompany similar libraries.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-image-science

Install ruby-image-science Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-image-science

Install ruby-image-science 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-image-science using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-image-science

How To Uninstall ruby-image-science on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-image-science

Uninstall ruby-image-science And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-image-science

Remove ruby-image-science Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-image-science

Remove ruby-image-science configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-image-science

Dependencies

ruby-image-science have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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