How To Install ruby-phonon on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-phonon on Debian 9. ruby-phonon is Phonon bindings for the Ruby language

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-phonon on Debian 9.

What is ruby-phonon

ruby-phonon is:

This package provides the Ruby bindings for the Phonon library.

This is part of the Qt Ruby module.

There are three methods to install ruby-phonon on Debian 9. 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-phonon 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-phonon using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-phonon

Install ruby-phonon Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-phonon

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-phonon

How To Uninstall ruby-phonon on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-phonon

Uninstall ruby-phonon And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ruby-phonon and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-phonon

Remove ruby-phonon Configurations and Data

To remove ruby-phonon configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-phonon

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-phonon have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-phonon package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.