How To Install ruby-unidecode on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-unidecode on Debian 12.
What is ruby-unidecode
ruby-unidecode is:
unidecode is a Ruby library for transliterating converting UTF-8 strings to plain ASCII representations.
This gem is a Ruby port of Perl library Text::Unidecode. The same caveats, notes, and constraints listed there apply here though the Ruby implementation here is slightly different, specifically the addition of String#to_ascii.
There are three methods to install ruby-unidecode 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-unidecode 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-unidecode using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-unidecode
Install ruby-unidecode Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-unidecode using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-unidecode
Install ruby-unidecode 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-unidecode using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-unidecode
How To Uninstall ruby-unidecode on Debian 12
To uninstall only the ruby-unidecode package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-unidecode
Uninstall ruby-unidecode And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-unidecode and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-unidecode
Remove ruby-unidecode Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-unidecode configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-unidecode
Remove ruby-unidecode configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-unidecode configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-unidecode
Dependencies
ruby-unidecode have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-unidecode package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
