How To Install ruby-cucumber-core on Debian 10

Learn how to install ruby-cucumber-core on Debian 10 with this tutorial. ruby-cucumber-core is core library for the Cucumber application

Introduction

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

What is ruby-cucumber-core

ruby-cucumber-core is:

Cucumber lets software development teams describe how software should behave in plain text. The text is written in a business-readable domain-specific language and serves as documentation, automated tests and development-aid - all rolled into one format.

This package provides the core library for the Cucumber application. It contains the core domain logic to execute Cucumber features. It has no user interface, just a Ruby API. It can be used to build other tools that work with Gherkin documents.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-cucumber-core

Install ruby-cucumber-core Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-cucumber-core

Install ruby-cucumber-core 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-cucumber-core using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-cucumber-core

How To Uninstall ruby-cucumber-core on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-cucumber-core

Uninstall ruby-cucumber-core And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-cucumber-core

Remove ruby-cucumber-core Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-cucumber-core

Remove ruby-cucumber-core configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-cucumber-core

Dependencies

ruby-cucumber-core have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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