How To Install ruby-gtksourceview4 on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-gtksourceview4 on Debian 11. ruby-gtksourceview4 is GtkSourceView4 bindings for the Ruby language

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-gtksourceview4 on Debian 11.

What is ruby-gtksourceview4

ruby-gtksourceview4 is:

GTKSourceView4 is a text widget that extends the standard GTK+ text widget.

This package contains libraries for using the GtkSourceView4 text widget with syntax highlighting and other features typical of a source code editor in the Ruby programming language.

There are three methods to install ruby-gtksourceview4 on Debian 11. 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-gtksourceview4 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-gtksourceview4 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-gtksourceview4

Install ruby-gtksourceview4 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ruby-gtksourceview4 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ruby-gtksourceview4

Install ruby-gtksourceview4 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-gtksourceview4 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-gtksourceview4

How To Uninstall ruby-gtksourceview4 on Debian 11

To uninstall only the ruby-gtksourceview4 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ruby-gtksourceview4

Uninstall ruby-gtksourceview4 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ruby-gtksourceview4 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-gtksourceview4

Remove ruby-gtksourceview4 Configurations and Data

To remove ruby-gtksourceview4 configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-gtksourceview4

Remove ruby-gtksourceview4 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ruby-gtksourceview4 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-gtksourceview4

Dependencies

ruby-gtksourceview4 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-gtksourceview4 package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.