How To Install ruby-listen on Debian 10

Learn how to install ruby-listen on Debian 10 with this tutorial. ruby-listen is Ruby library listening to file modifications

Introduction

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

What is ruby-listen

ruby-listen is:

This Ruby library listens to file modifications and notifies you about the changes.

It detects file modification, addition and removal, and supports multiple directories from a single listener. It uses checksum comparison for modifications made under the same second, and allows supplying regexp-patterns to ignore and filter paths for better results.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-listen

Install ruby-listen Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-listen

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-listen

How To Uninstall ruby-listen on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-listen

Uninstall ruby-listen And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-listen

Remove ruby-listen Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-listen

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-listen have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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