How To Install ruby-elasticsearch on Debian 12

Learn how to install ruby-elasticsearch on Debian 12 with this tutorial. ruby-elasticsearch is Ruby client for connecting to an Elasticsearch cluster

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-elasticsearch on Debian 12.

What is ruby-elasticsearch

ruby-elasticsearch is:

Elasticsearch is a distributed RESTful search engine built for the cloud.

This package implements a client for connecting to an Elasticsearch cluster via the Elasticsearch REST interface.

There are three methods to install ruby-elasticsearch on Debian 12. 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-elasticsearch 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-elasticsearch using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-elasticsearch

Install ruby-elasticsearch Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-elasticsearch

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-elasticsearch

How To Uninstall ruby-elasticsearch on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-elasticsearch

Uninstall ruby-elasticsearch And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ruby-elasticsearch and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-elasticsearch

Remove ruby-elasticsearch Configurations and Data

To remove ruby-elasticsearch configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-elasticsearch

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-elasticsearch have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-elasticsearch package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.