How To Install ruby-crack on Debian 10

Learn how to install ruby-crack on Debian 10 with this tutorial. ruby-crack is Ruby library to parse XML and JSON

Introduction

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

What is ruby-crack

ruby-crack is:

Crack is a really simple JSON and XML parsing Ruby library.

XML parser is ripped from Merb and the JSON parser is ripped from Rails. Just packaged them for all to enjoy and easily use.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-crack

Install ruby-crack Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-crack

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-crack

How To Uninstall ruby-crack on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-crack

Uninstall ruby-crack And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-crack

Remove ruby-crack Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-crack

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-crack have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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