How To Install ruby-dep-selector on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-dep-selector on Debian 9. ruby-dep-selector is assignment of version to packages given their dependencies

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-dep-selector on Debian 9.

What is ruby-dep-selector

ruby-dep-selector is:

This Ruby library takes as input a representation of packages and their dependencies and finds a binding of packages to versions that satisfies desired constraints.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-dep-selector

Install ruby-dep-selector Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-dep-selector

Install ruby-dep-selector 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-dep-selector using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-dep-selector

How To Uninstall ruby-dep-selector on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-dep-selector

Uninstall ruby-dep-selector And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-dep-selector

Remove ruby-dep-selector Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-dep-selector

Remove ruby-dep-selector configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-dep-selector

Dependencies

ruby-dep-selector have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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