How To Install ruby-certificate-authority on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-certificate-authority on Debian 12.
What is ruby-certificate-authority
ruby-certificate-authority is:
CertificateAuthority provides a programmer-friendly implementation of all the basic functionality contained in RFC-3280 to implement your own certificate authority.
With this tool, one can generate root certificates, intermediate certificates, and terminal certificates; and also generate/manage Certificate Revocation Lists (CRLs) and Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) messages.
There are three methods to install ruby-certificate-authority 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-certificate-authority 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-certificate-authority using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-certificate-authority
Install ruby-certificate-authority Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-certificate-authority using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-certificate-authority
Install ruby-certificate-authority 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-certificate-authority using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-certificate-authority
How To Uninstall ruby-certificate-authority on Debian 12
To uninstall only the ruby-certificate-authority package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-certificate-authority
Uninstall ruby-certificate-authority And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-certificate-authority and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-certificate-authority
Remove ruby-certificate-authority Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-certificate-authority configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-certificate-authority
Remove ruby-certificate-authority configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-certificate-authority configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-certificate-authority
Dependencies
ruby-certificate-authority have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-certificate-authority package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
