How To Install ruby-moneta on Debian 11

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-moneta on Debian 11. ruby-moneta is Ruby interface to multiple key/value stores

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-moneta on Debian 11.

What is ruby-moneta

ruby-moneta is:

Moneta is a Ruby library to interface with a variety of key/value stores. A short overview of its features:

  • support a lot of backends with consistent behaviour,
  • allows a full configuration of the serialization -> compression -> adapter stack using proxies (similar to Rack middlewares),
  • expiration for all stores,
  • atomic operations,
  • includes a simple pure-ruby key/value server and client,
  • integration with Rails, Rack/Rack-Cache, Sinatra and Ramaze.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-moneta

Install ruby-moneta Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-moneta

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-moneta

How To Uninstall ruby-moneta on Debian 11

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-moneta

Uninstall ruby-moneta And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ruby-moneta and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-moneta

Remove ruby-moneta Configurations and Data

To remove ruby-moneta configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-moneta

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-moneta have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-moneta package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.