How To Install ruby-growl on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-growl
on Debian 12.
What is ruby-growl
ruby-growl is:
A pure-ruby growl notifier for UDP and GNTP growl protocols. ruby-growl allows you to perform Growl notifications from machines without growl installed (for example, non-OSX machines).
What is growl? Growl is a really cool “global notification system originally for Mac OS X”.
You can receive Growl notifications on various platforms and send them from any machine that runs Ruby.
ruby-growl also contains a command-line notification tool named ‘growl’. It is almost completely option-compatible with growlnotify. (All except for -p is supported, use –priority instead.)
There are three methods to install ruby-growl
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-growl 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-growl
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-growl
Install ruby-growl Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-growl
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-growl
Install ruby-growl 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-growl
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-growl
How To Uninstall ruby-growl on Debian 12
To uninstall only the ruby-growl
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-growl
Uninstall ruby-growl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-growl
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-growl
Remove ruby-growl Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-growl
configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-growl
Remove ruby-growl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-growl
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-growl
Dependencies
ruby-growl have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-growl
package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.