How To Install ruby-tins on Debian 10

Learn how to install ruby-tins on Debian 10 with this tutorial. ruby-tins is useful tools library in Ruby

Introduction

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

What is ruby-tins

ruby-tins is:

All the stuff that isn’t good/big enough for a real library.

A few sample tools:

  • Round - A bit more versatile rounding for Ruby.
  • Null - Implementation of the null object pattern in Ruby.
  • SecureWrite - Write to a file atomically.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-tins

Install ruby-tins Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-tins

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-tins

How To Uninstall ruby-tins on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-tins

Uninstall ruby-tins And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-tins

Remove ruby-tins Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-tins

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-tins have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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