How To Install ruby-marcel on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-marcel on Debian 12.
What is ruby-marcel
ruby-marcel is:
Marcel attempts to choose the most appropriate content type for a given file by looking at the binary data, the filename, and any declared type (perhaps passed as a request header).
By preference, the magic number data in any passed in file is used to determine the type. If this doesn’t work, it uses the type gleaned from the filename, extension, and finally the declared type. If no valid type is found in any of these, “application/octet-stream” is returned.
Some types aren’t easily recognised solely by magic number data. For example Adobe Illustrator files have the same magic number as PDFs (and can usually even be viewed in PDF viewers!). For these types, Marcel uses both the magic number data and the file name to work out the type.
There are three methods to install ruby-marcel on Debian 12. 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-marcel 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-marcel using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-marcel
Install ruby-marcel Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-marcel using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-marcel
Install ruby-marcel 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-marcel using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-marcel
How To Uninstall ruby-marcel on Debian 12
To uninstall only the ruby-marcel package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-marcel
Uninstall ruby-marcel And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-marcel and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-marcel
Remove ruby-marcel Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-marcel configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-marcel
Remove ruby-marcel configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-marcel configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-marcel
Dependencies
ruby-marcel have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-marcel package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
