How To Install ruby-statsd on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-statsd on Debian 12.
What is ruby-statsd
ruby-statsd is:
This package provides statsd-ruby gem, a StatsD client for Ruby language.
Statsd is a network daemon that runs on the Node.js platform and listens for statistics, like counters and timers, sent over UDP or TCP and sends aggregates to one or more pluggable backend services
There are three methods to install ruby-statsd on Debian 12. 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-statsd 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-statsd using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-statsd
Install ruby-statsd Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-statsd using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-statsd
Install ruby-statsd 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-statsd using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-statsd
How To Uninstall ruby-statsd on Debian 12
To uninstall only the ruby-statsd package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-statsd
Uninstall ruby-statsd And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-statsd and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-statsd
Remove ruby-statsd Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-statsd configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-statsd
Remove ruby-statsd configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-statsd configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-statsd
Dependencies
ruby-statsd have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-statsd package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
