How To Install ruby-hocon on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-hocon on Debian 12.
What is ruby-hocon
ruby-hocon is:
ruby-hocon is a port of the Typesafe Config Java library to Ruby. The library provides Ruby support for the HOCON configuration file format. It supports parsing and modification of existing HOCON/JSON files as well as rendering parsed config objects back to a Ruby String.
There are three methods to install ruby-hocon 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-hocon 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-hocon using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-hocon
Install ruby-hocon Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-hocon using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-hocon
Install ruby-hocon 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-hocon using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-hocon
How To Uninstall ruby-hocon on Debian 12
To uninstall only the ruby-hocon package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-hocon
Uninstall ruby-hocon And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-hocon and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-hocon
Remove ruby-hocon Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-hocon configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-hocon
Remove ruby-hocon configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-hocon configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-hocon
Dependencies
ruby-hocon have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-hocon package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.