How To Install ruby-memoist on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-memoist on Debian 11. ruby-memoist is Ruby library providing method memoization

Introduction

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

What is ruby-memoist

ruby-memoist is:

The memoist library provides methods memoization. Memoization cached objects can be looked up faster.

This is an extraction of Ruby on Rails’ ActiveSupport::Memoizable library. Ruby on Rails’ ActiveSupport::Memoizable has been already deprecated, but it is still useful.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-memoist

Install ruby-memoist Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-memoist

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-memoist

How To Uninstall ruby-memoist on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-memoist

Uninstall ruby-memoist And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-memoist

Remove ruby-memoist Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-memoist

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-memoist have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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