How To Install ruby-globalid on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-globalid
on Debian 10.
What is ruby-globalid
ruby-globalid is:
A Global ID is an app wide URI of the form gid://YourApp/Some::Model/id that uniquely identifies a model instance.
This is helpful when you need a single identifier to reference different classes of objects, for example in job scheduling, when one needs to reference a model object rather than serialize the object itself. Another example is a drop-down list of options, consisting of both Users and Groups. One has then a universal identifier that works for objects of both classes.
This package is part of the dependencies for the Ruby on Rails framework.
There are three methods to install ruby-globalid
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-globalid 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-globalid
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-globalid
Install ruby-globalid Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-globalid
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-globalid
Install ruby-globalid 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-globalid
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-globalid
How To Uninstall ruby-globalid on Debian 10
To uninstall only the ruby-globalid
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-globalid
Uninstall ruby-globalid And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-globalid
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-globalid
Remove ruby-globalid Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-globalid
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-globalid
Remove ruby-globalid configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-globalid
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-globalid
Dependencies
ruby-globalid have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-globalid
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.