How To Install ruby-mixlib-install on Debian 12

Learn how to install ruby-mixlib-install on Debian 12 with this tutorial. ruby-mixlib-install is Mixin to help with omnitruck installs

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-mixlib-install on Debian 12.

What is ruby-mixlib-install

ruby-mixlib-install is:

Ruby library providing mixin to help with omnitruck installs.

Used by Chef related tools.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-mixlib-install

Install ruby-mixlib-install Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-mixlib-install

Install ruby-mixlib-install 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-mixlib-install using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-mixlib-install

How To Uninstall ruby-mixlib-install on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-mixlib-install

Uninstall ruby-mixlib-install And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ruby-mixlib-install and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-mixlib-install

Remove ruby-mixlib-install Configurations and Data

To remove ruby-mixlib-install configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-mixlib-install

Remove ruby-mixlib-install configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-mixlib-install

Dependencies

ruby-mixlib-install have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-mixlib-install package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.