How To Install ruby-unf-ext on Debian 10

Learn how to install ruby-unf-ext on Debian 10 with this tutorial. ruby-unf-ext is Unicode Normalization Form support library for CRuby

Introduction

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

What is ruby-unf-ext

ruby-unf-ext is:

ruby-unf_ext is an unicode normalization library for CRuby. It provides classes for normalizing UTF-8 strings into and from NFC, NFD, NFKC, NFKD. The results is compliant with Unicode 6.0.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-unf-ext

Install ruby-unf-ext Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-unf-ext

Install ruby-unf-ext 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-unf-ext using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-unf-ext

How To Uninstall ruby-unf-ext on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-unf-ext

Uninstall ruby-unf-ext And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-unf-ext

Remove ruby-unf-ext Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-unf-ext

Remove ruby-unf-ext configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-unf-ext

Dependencies

ruby-unf-ext have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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