How To Install ruby-mail-room on Debian 10

Learn how to install ruby-mail-room on Debian 10 with this tutorial. ruby-mail-room is Forward mail from gmail IMAP to a callback URL or job worker, simply

Introduction

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

What is ruby-mail-room

ruby-mail-room is:

mail_room is a configuration based process that will idle on IMAP connections and execute a delivery method when a new message is received. Examples of delivery methods include: POST to a delivery URL (Postback) Queue a job to Sidekiq or Que for later processing (Sidekiq or Que) Log the message or open with LetterOpener (Logger or LetterOpener)

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-mail-room

Install ruby-mail-room Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-mail-room

Install ruby-mail-room 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-mail-room using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-mail-room

How To Uninstall ruby-mail-room on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-mail-room

Uninstall ruby-mail-room And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-mail-room

Remove ruby-mail-room Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-mail-room

Remove ruby-mail-room configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-mail-room

Dependencies

ruby-mail-room have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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