How To Install ruby-indentation on Debian 10

Learn how to install ruby-indentation on Debian 10 with this tutorial. ruby-indentation is Ruby extensions for Array and String classes

Introduction

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

What is ruby-indentation

ruby-indentation is:

A small library of extensions to Ruby’s Array and String classes that allow indentation manipulation of Strings and Arrays of Strings. Has the capability of working with multi-line strings. If you frequently use String arrays to manipulate text, see synopsis (In README.rdoc) for examples of how indentation can make your life easier.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-indentation

Install ruby-indentation Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-indentation

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-indentation

How To Uninstall ruby-indentation on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-indentation

Uninstall ruby-indentation And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-indentation

Remove ruby-indentation Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-indentation

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-indentation have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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