How To Install ruby-em-websocket on Debian 10

Learn how to install ruby-em-websocket on Debian 10 with this tutorial. ruby-em-websocket is EventMachine based, async, Ruby WebSocket server

Introduction

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

What is ruby-em-websocket

ruby-em-websocket is:

It is an async Ruby based Websocket server which is based on EventMachine which supports all websocket protocols

This library is a dependency of Jekyll; a simple, blog aware, static site generator.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-em-websocket

Install ruby-em-websocket Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-em-websocket

Install ruby-em-websocket 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-em-websocket using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-em-websocket

How To Uninstall ruby-em-websocket on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-em-websocket

Uninstall ruby-em-websocket And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-em-websocket

Remove ruby-em-websocket Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-em-websocket

Remove ruby-em-websocket configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-em-websocket

Dependencies

ruby-em-websocket have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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