How To Install ruby-libxml on Debian 10

Learn how to install ruby-libxml on Debian 10 with this tutorial. ruby-libxml is Ruby Bindings for LibXML2

Introduction

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

What is ruby-libxml

ruby-libxml is:

The Libxml-Ruby project provides Ruby language bindings for the GNOME Libxml2 XML toolkit. It is free software, released under the MIT License. Libxml-ruby’s primary advantage over REXML is performance - if speed is your need, these are good libraries to consider, as demonstrated by the informal benchmark below.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-libxml

Install ruby-libxml Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-libxml

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-libxml

How To Uninstall ruby-libxml on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-libxml

Uninstall ruby-libxml And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-libxml

Remove ruby-libxml Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-libxml

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-libxml have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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