How To Install ruby-simple-navigation on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-simple-navigation on Debian 9.
What is ruby-simple-navigation
ruby-simple-navigation is:
Easily create multilevel navigations for your Rails, Sinatra or Padrino applications. The navigation is defined in a single configuration file. It supports automatic as well as explicit highlighting of the currently active navigation through regular expressions.
If you are implementing a Sinatra or Padrino web application, you should consider also installing ruby-sinatra-simple-navigation.
There are three methods to install ruby-simple-navigation 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-simple-navigation 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-simple-navigation using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-simple-navigation
Install ruby-simple-navigation Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-simple-navigation using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-simple-navigation
Install ruby-simple-navigation 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-simple-navigation using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-simple-navigation
How To Uninstall ruby-simple-navigation on Debian 9
To uninstall only the ruby-simple-navigation package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-simple-navigation
Uninstall ruby-simple-navigation And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-simple-navigation and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-simple-navigation
Remove ruby-simple-navigation Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-simple-navigation configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-simple-navigation
Remove ruby-simple-navigation configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-simple-navigation configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-simple-navigation
Dependencies
ruby-simple-navigation have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-simple-navigation package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
