How To Install ruby-beaneater on Debian 10

Learn how to install ruby-beaneater on Debian 10 with this tutorial. ruby-beaneater is simple beanstalkd client for Ruby

Introduction

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

What is ruby-beaneater

ruby-beaneater is:

Beaneater offers a way to interact with beanstalkd from within Ruby. Beanstalkd is a fast, simple work queue. Its interface is generic, but was originally designed for reducing the latency of page views in high-volume web applications by running time-consuming tasks asynchronously.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-beaneater

Install ruby-beaneater Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-beaneater

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-beaneater

How To Uninstall ruby-beaneater on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-beaneater

Uninstall ruby-beaneater And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-beaneater

Remove ruby-beaneater Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-beaneater

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-beaneater have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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