How To Install ruby-mime on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-mime
on Debian 11.
What is ruby-mime
ruby-mime is:
ruby-mime is a library for building RFC compliant Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) messages. It can be used to construct standardized MIME messages for use in client/server communications, such as Internet mail or HTTP multipart/form-data transactions.
There are three methods to install ruby-mime
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-mime 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-mime
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-mime
Install ruby-mime Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-mime
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-mime
Install ruby-mime 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-mime
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-mime
How To Uninstall ruby-mime on Debian 11
To uninstall only the ruby-mime
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-mime
Uninstall ruby-mime And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-mime
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-mime
Remove ruby-mime Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-mime
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-mime
Remove ruby-mime configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-mime
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-mime
Dependencies
ruby-mime have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-mime
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.