How To Install ruby-git on Debian 9

Introduction

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

What is ruby-git

ruby-git is:

Ruby/Git allows Ruby applications to access and manipulate Git repositories. It provides an object-oriented interface to Git??s data storage system and is capable of reading from and writing to the index, managing branches, or obtaining information about the history of a project.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-git

Install ruby-git Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-git

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-git

How To Uninstall ruby-git on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-git

Uninstall ruby-git And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-git

Remove ruby-git Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-git

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-git have the following dependencies:

• ruby
• git

References

• ruby-git website

Summary

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