How To Install ruby-chromedriver-helper on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-chromedriver-helper on Debian 12.
What is ruby-chromedriver-helper
ruby-chromedriver-helper is:
chromedriver-helper installs an executable, chromedriver-helper, in your gem path, and configures Selenium to invoke it as the web driver.
This script will, if necessary, download the appropriate binary for your platform and install it into ~/.chromedriver-helper, then exec it. Easy peasy!
Individual projects can even select which version of chromedriver they want to run.
There are three methods to install ruby-chromedriver-helper 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-chromedriver-helper 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-chromedriver-helper using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-chromedriver-helper
Install ruby-chromedriver-helper Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-chromedriver-helper using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-chromedriver-helper
Install ruby-chromedriver-helper 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-chromedriver-helper using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-chromedriver-helper
How To Uninstall ruby-chromedriver-helper on Debian 12
To uninstall only the ruby-chromedriver-helper package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-chromedriver-helper
Uninstall ruby-chromedriver-helper And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-chromedriver-helper and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-chromedriver-helper
Remove ruby-chromedriver-helper Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-chromedriver-helper configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-chromedriver-helper
Remove ruby-chromedriver-helper configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-chromedriver-helper configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-chromedriver-helper
Dependencies
ruby-chromedriver-helper have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-chromedriver-helper package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.