How To Install ruby-grpc-tools on Debian 10

Learn how to install ruby-grpc-tools on Debian 10 with this tutorial. ruby-grpc-tools is Development tools for Ruby gRPC

Introduction

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

What is ruby-grpc-tools

ruby-grpc-tools is:

Ruby gRPC library allows sending RPCs from Ruby using GRPC. GRPC is a high performance, open-source universal RPC framework.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-grpc-tools

Install ruby-grpc-tools Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-grpc-tools

Install ruby-grpc-tools 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-grpc-tools using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-grpc-tools

How To Uninstall ruby-grpc-tools on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-grpc-tools

Uninstall ruby-grpc-tools And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-grpc-tools

Remove ruby-grpc-tools Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-grpc-tools

Remove ruby-grpc-tools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-grpc-tools

Dependencies

ruby-grpc-tools have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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