How To Install ruby-shadow on Debian 10

Learn how to install ruby-shadow on Debian 10 with this tutorial. ruby-shadow is interface of shadow password for Ruby

Introduction

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

What is ruby-shadow

ruby-shadow is:

This is a module which is used when you want to access shadow password files from the Ruby programming language. It gives access to the same C level functions provided by the shadow password API.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-shadow

Install ruby-shadow Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-shadow

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-shadow

How To Uninstall ruby-shadow on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-shadow

Uninstall ruby-shadow And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-shadow

Remove ruby-shadow Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-shadow

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-shadow have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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