How To Install ruby-kyotocabinet on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-kyotocabinet on Debian 12.
What is ruby-kyotocabinet
ruby-kyotocabinet is:
Kyoto Cabinet is a library of routines for managing a database. The database is a simple data file containing records, each is a pair of a key and a value. Every key and value is serial bytes with variable length. Both binary data and character string can be used as a key and a value. Each key must be unique within a database. There is neither concept of data tables nor data types. Records are organized in hash table or B+ tree.
Warning: while this library is thread-safe with Ruby 1.9.x, it is NOT thread-safe with Ruby 1.8.x.
This package contains the bindings for the Ruby scripting language.
There are three methods to install ruby-kyotocabinet 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-kyotocabinet 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-kyotocabinet using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-kyotocabinet
Install ruby-kyotocabinet Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-kyotocabinet using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-kyotocabinet
Install ruby-kyotocabinet 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-kyotocabinet using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-kyotocabinet
How To Uninstall ruby-kyotocabinet on Debian 12
To uninstall only the ruby-kyotocabinet package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-kyotocabinet
Uninstall ruby-kyotocabinet And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-kyotocabinet and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-kyotocabinet
Remove ruby-kyotocabinet Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-kyotocabinet configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-kyotocabinet
Remove ruby-kyotocabinet configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-kyotocabinet configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-kyotocabinet
Dependencies
ruby-kyotocabinet have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-kyotocabinet package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
