How To Install rbenv on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rbenv
on Debian 9.
What is rbenv
rbenv is:
rbenv lets you easily switch between multiple versions of Ruby. It’s simple, unobtrusive, and follows the UNIX tradition of single-purpose tools that do one thing well.
There are three methods to install rbenv
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 rbenv Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get
using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install rbenv
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rbenv
Install rbenv Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rbenv
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rbenv
Install rbenv 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 rbenv
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rbenv
How To Uninstall rbenv on Debian 9
To uninstall only the rbenv
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rbenv
Uninstall rbenv And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rbenv
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rbenv
Remove rbenv Configurations and Data
To remove rbenv
configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rbenv
Remove rbenv configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rbenv
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rbenv
Dependencies
rbenv have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rbenv
package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.