How To Install ruby-mecab on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-mecab on Debian 10.
What is ruby-mecab
ruby-mecab is:
Mecab is a morphological analysis system. It reads Japanese sentences from the standard input, segments them into morpheme sequences, and outputs them to the standard output with many additional pieces of information (pronunciation, semantic information, etc).
There are three methods to install ruby-mecab 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-mecab 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-mecab using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-mecab
Install ruby-mecab Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-mecab using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-mecab
Install ruby-mecab 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-mecab using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-mecab
How To Uninstall ruby-mecab on Debian 10
To uninstall only the ruby-mecab package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-mecab
Uninstall ruby-mecab And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-mecab and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-mecab
Remove ruby-mecab Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-mecab configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-mecab
Remove ruby-mecab configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-mecab configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-mecab
Dependencies
ruby-mecab have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-mecab package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
