How To Install ruby-coderay on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-coderay on Debian 11.
What is ruby-coderay
ruby-coderay is:
CodeRay is a Ruby library that can scan an input file or text in a web page and encode it as syntax highlighted HTML output.
CodeRay supports many input languages including: C, C++, CSS, Delphi, diff, Groovy, HTML, RHTML (Erb+HTML), Nitro-XHTML, Java, JavaScript, JSON, PHP, Python, Ruby, SQL and YAML.
CodeRay can output to HTML, JSON, XML, Yaml.
There are three methods to install ruby-coderay on Debian 11. 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-coderay 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-coderay using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-coderay
Install ruby-coderay Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-coderay using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-coderay
Install ruby-coderay 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-coderay using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-coderay
How To Uninstall ruby-coderay on Debian 11
To uninstall only the ruby-coderay package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-coderay
Uninstall ruby-coderay And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-coderay and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-coderay
Remove ruby-coderay Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-coderay configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-coderay
Remove ruby-coderay configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-coderay configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-coderay
Dependencies
ruby-coderay have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-coderay package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
