How To Install ruby-mmap2 on Debian 12

Learn how to install ruby-mmap2 on Debian 12 with this tutorial. ruby-mmap2 is Mmap class implement memory-mapped file objects for Ruby 2.x

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-mmap2 on Debian 12.

What is ruby-mmap2

ruby-mmap2 is:

This library is a dependency of prometheus-client-mmap.

Prometheus is a systems and services monitoring system.

There are three methods to install ruby-mmap2 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-mmap2 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-mmap2 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-mmap2

Install ruby-mmap2 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ruby-mmap2 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ruby-mmap2

Install ruby-mmap2 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-mmap2 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-mmap2

How To Uninstall ruby-mmap2 on Debian 12

To uninstall only the ruby-mmap2 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ruby-mmap2

Uninstall ruby-mmap2 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ruby-mmap2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-mmap2

Remove ruby-mmap2 Configurations and Data

To remove ruby-mmap2 configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-mmap2

Remove ruby-mmap2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ruby-mmap2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-mmap2

Dependencies

ruby-mmap2 have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-mmap2 package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.