How To Install ruby-chronic-duration on Debian 12

Learn how to install ruby-chronic-duration on Debian 12 with this tutorial. ruby-chronic-duration is simple Ruby natural language parser for elapsed time

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-chronic-duration on Debian 12.

What is ruby-chronic-duration

ruby-chronic-duration is:

A simple Ruby natural language parser for elapsed time. (For example, 4 hours and 30 minutes, 6 minutes 4 seconds, 3 days, etc.) Returns all results in seconds. Will return an integer unless you get tricky and need a float. (4 minutes and 13.47 seconds, for example.) The reverse can also be performed via the output method.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-chronic-duration

Install ruby-chronic-duration Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-chronic-duration

Install ruby-chronic-duration 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-chronic-duration using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-chronic-duration

How To Uninstall ruby-chronic-duration on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-chronic-duration

Uninstall ruby-chronic-duration And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ruby-chronic-duration and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-chronic-duration

Remove ruby-chronic-duration Configurations and Data

To remove ruby-chronic-duration configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-chronic-duration

Remove ruby-chronic-duration configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-chronic-duration

Dependencies

ruby-chronic-duration have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-chronic-duration package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.