How To Install ruby-colorator on Debian 10

Learn how to install ruby-colorator on Debian 10 with this tutorial. ruby-colorator is String core extensions for terminal coloring

Introduction

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

What is ruby-colorator

ruby-colorator is:

A Ruby Library colorize your text in the terminal.

There are a bunch of gems that provide functionality like this, but none have as simple an API as this. Just call "string".color and your text will be colorized.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-colorator

Install ruby-colorator Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-colorator

Install ruby-colorator 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-colorator using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-colorator

How To Uninstall ruby-colorator on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-colorator

Uninstall ruby-colorator And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-colorator

Remove ruby-colorator Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-colorator

Remove ruby-colorator configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-colorator

Dependencies

ruby-colorator have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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