How To Install ruby-in-parallel on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-in-parallel on Debian 12.
What is ruby-in-parallel
ruby-in-parallel is:
A lightweight Ruby library with very simple syntax, making use of Process.fork to execute code in parallel.
Many other Ruby libraries that simplify parallel execution support one primary use case - crunching through a large queue of small, similar tasks as quickly and efficiently as possible. This library primarily supports the use case of executing a few larger and unrelated tasks in parallel, automatically managing the stdout and passing return values back to the main process.
This library was created to be used by Puppet’s Beaker test framework to enable parallel execution of some of the framework’s tasks, and allow users to execute code in parallel within their tests.
If you are looking for something that excels at executing a large queue of tasks in parallel as efficiently as possible, you should take a look at the parallel project.
There are three methods to install ruby-in-parallel 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-in-parallel 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-in-parallel using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-in-parallel
Install ruby-in-parallel Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-in-parallel using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-in-parallel
Install ruby-in-parallel 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-in-parallel using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-in-parallel
How To Uninstall ruby-in-parallel on Debian 12
To uninstall only the ruby-in-parallel package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-in-parallel
Uninstall ruby-in-parallel And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-in-parallel and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-in-parallel
Remove ruby-in-parallel Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-in-parallel configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-in-parallel
Remove ruby-in-parallel configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-in-parallel configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-in-parallel
Dependencies
ruby-in-parallel have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-in-parallel package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.