How To Install ruby-gitlab-experiment on Debian 12

Learn how to install ruby-gitlab-experiment on Debian 12 with this tutorial. ruby-gitlab-experiment is GitLab experiment library built on top of scientist

Introduction

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

What is ruby-gitlab-experiment

ruby-gitlab-experiment is:

This library allow one to run experiments as A/B/n tests and review the data the experiment generates. From that data, one can determine the best performing variant and promote it as the new default code path. Or revert back to the control if no variant outperformed it.

This library provides a clean and elegant DSL (domain specific language) to define, run, and track one’s GitLab experiment.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-gitlab-experiment

Install ruby-gitlab-experiment Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-gitlab-experiment

Install ruby-gitlab-experiment 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-gitlab-experiment using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-gitlab-experiment

How To Uninstall ruby-gitlab-experiment on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-gitlab-experiment

Uninstall ruby-gitlab-experiment And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-gitlab-experiment

Remove ruby-gitlab-experiment Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-gitlab-experiment

Remove ruby-gitlab-experiment configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-gitlab-experiment

Dependencies

ruby-gitlab-experiment have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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