How To Install ruby-gitaly on Debian 10

Learn how to install ruby-gitaly on Debian 10 with this tutorial. ruby-gitaly is Auto-generated gRPC client for gitaly

Introduction

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

What is ruby-gitaly

ruby-gitaly is:

Auto-generated gRPC ruby client for gitaly.

Gitaly is part of GitLab. It is a server application that uses its own gRPC protocol to communicate with its clients.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-gitaly

Install ruby-gitaly Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-gitaly

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-gitaly

How To Uninstall ruby-gitaly on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-gitaly

Uninstall ruby-gitaly And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-gitaly

Remove ruby-gitaly Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-gitaly

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-gitaly have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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