How To Install ruby-mime-types on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-mime-types on Debian 11.
What is ruby-mime-types
ruby-mime-types is:
This library allows for the identification of a file’s likely MIME content type. The identification of MIME content type is based on a file’s filename extensions.
There are three methods to install ruby-mime-types 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-types 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-types using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-mime-types
Install ruby-mime-types Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-mime-types using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-mime-types
Install ruby-mime-types 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-types using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-mime-types
How To Uninstall ruby-mime-types on Debian 11
To uninstall only the ruby-mime-types package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-mime-types
Uninstall ruby-mime-types And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-mime-types and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-mime-types
Remove ruby-mime-types Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-mime-types configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-mime-types
Remove ruby-mime-types configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-mime-types configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-mime-types
Dependencies
ruby-mime-types have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-mime-types package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
