How To Install ruby-clutter-gdk on Debian 10

Learn how to install ruby-clutter-gdk on Debian 10 with this tutorial. ruby-clutter-gdk is Clutter-Gdk bindings for the Ruby language

Introduction

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

What is ruby-clutter-gdk

ruby-clutter-gdk is:

Clutter-Gdk is a library for GDK specific API of Clutter. This library provides some specific API, allowing integration with the GDK API for manipulating the stage window and handling events outside of Clutter.

This package contains libraries for using Clutter-Gdk with the Ruby language.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-clutter-gdk

Install ruby-clutter-gdk Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-clutter-gdk

Install ruby-clutter-gdk 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-clutter-gdk using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-clutter-gdk

How To Uninstall ruby-clutter-gdk on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-clutter-gdk

Uninstall ruby-clutter-gdk And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-clutter-gdk

Remove ruby-clutter-gdk Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-clutter-gdk

Remove ruby-clutter-gdk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-clutter-gdk

Dependencies

ruby-clutter-gdk have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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