How To Install ruby-color-tools on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-color-tools on Debian 9. ruby-color-tools is Ruby library providing various colorspace support (transitional package)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-color-tools on Debian 9.

What is ruby-color-tools

ruby-color-tools is:

This is a dummy transition package that can be safely removed once no package depend on it.

There are three methods to install ruby-color-tools on Debian 9. 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-color-tools 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-color-tools using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-color-tools

Install ruby-color-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-color-tools

Install ruby-color-tools 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-color-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-color-tools

How To Uninstall ruby-color-tools on Debian 9

To uninstall only the ruby-color-tools package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ruby-color-tools

Uninstall ruby-color-tools And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ruby-color-tools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-color-tools

Remove ruby-color-tools Configurations and Data

To remove ruby-color-tools configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-color-tools

Remove ruby-color-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-color-tools

Dependencies

ruby-color-tools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-color-tools package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.