How To Install ruby-backports on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-backports on Debian 12.
What is ruby-backports
ruby-backports is:
This Ruby library contains essential backports that enable many of the nice features of Ruby 1.8.7 up to 2.0.0 for earlier versions.
Features are backported with the following limitations:
- will not break older code,
- can be implemented in pure Ruby (no C extensions),
- must pass RubySpec.
There are three methods to install ruby-backports 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-backports 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-backports using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-backports
Install ruby-backports Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-backports using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-backports
Install ruby-backports 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-backports using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-backports
How To Uninstall ruby-backports on Debian 12
To uninstall only the ruby-backports package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-backports
Uninstall ruby-backports And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-backports and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-backports
Remove ruby-backports Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-backports configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-backports
Remove ruby-backports configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-backports configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-backports
Dependencies
ruby-backports have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-backports package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
