How To Install ruby-data-migrate on Debian 10

Learn how to install ruby-data-migrate on Debian 10 with this tutorial. ruby-data-migrate is migrate data alongside schema changes for rake tasks

Introduction

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

What is ruby-data-migrate

ruby-data-migrate is:

This data_migrate gem provides data migrations alongside schema migrations for rake tasks.

Data migrations are stored in db/data. They act like schema migrations, except they should be reserved for data migrations.

For instance, if you realize you need to titleize all yours titles, this is the place to do it. Running any of the provided rake tasks also creates a data schema table to mirror the usual schema migrations table to track all the goodness.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-data-migrate

Install ruby-data-migrate Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-data-migrate

Install ruby-data-migrate 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-data-migrate using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-data-migrate

How To Uninstall ruby-data-migrate on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-data-migrate

Uninstall ruby-data-migrate And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-data-migrate

Remove ruby-data-migrate Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-data-migrate

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

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-data-migrate

Dependencies

ruby-data-migrate have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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