How To Install ruby-rchardet on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-rchardet on Debian 9. ruby-rchardet is Character encoding auto-detection for Ruby

Introduction

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

What is ruby-rchardet

ruby-rchardet is:

CharDet is a library to automatically detect character encoding ‘as smart as your browser’.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-rchardet

Install ruby-rchardet Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-rchardet

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-rchardet

How To Uninstall ruby-rchardet on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-rchardet

Uninstall ruby-rchardet And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-rchardet

Remove ruby-rchardet Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-rchardet

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-rchardet have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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