How To Install ruby-escape on Debian 12

Learn how to install ruby-escape on Debian 12 with this tutorial. ruby-escape is HTML/URI/shell escaping utilities for Ruby

Introduction

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

What is ruby-escape

ruby-escape is:

For Ruby programmers, this utility provides several escaping functions for HTML, URI, and shell command line handling. This library is an full replacement for Ruby internal escaping Shellwords module.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-escape

Install ruby-escape Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-escape

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-escape

How To Uninstall ruby-escape on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-escape

Uninstall ruby-escape And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-escape

Remove ruby-escape Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-escape

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-escape have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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