How To Install ruby-mercenary on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-mercenary on Debian 11.
What is ruby-mercenary
ruby-mercenary is:
Mercenary is lightweight and flexible library for writing command-line apps in Ruby.
There are three methods to install ruby-mercenary 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-mercenary 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-mercenary using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-mercenary
Install ruby-mercenary Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-mercenary using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-mercenary
Install ruby-mercenary 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-mercenary using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-mercenary
How To Uninstall ruby-mercenary on Debian 11
To uninstall only the ruby-mercenary package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-mercenary
Uninstall ruby-mercenary And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-mercenary and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-mercenary
Remove ruby-mercenary Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-mercenary configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-mercenary
Remove ruby-mercenary configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-mercenary configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-mercenary
Dependencies
ruby-mercenary have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-mercenary package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
