How To Install ruby-multi-xml on Debian 10

Learn how to install ruby-multi-xml on Debian 10 with this tutorial. ruby-multi-xml is generic swappable back-end for XML parsing in Ruby

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-multi-xml on Debian 10.

What is ruby-multi-xml

ruby-multi-xml is:

Provides swappable XML backends utilizing LibXML, Nokogiri, Ox, or REXML.

Lots of Ruby libraries utilize XML parsing in some form, and everyone has their favorite XML library. In order to best support multiple XML parsers and ibraries, multi_xml is a general-purpose swappable XML backend library.

There are three methods to install ruby-multi-xml on Debian 10. 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-multi-xml 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-multi-xml using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-multi-xml

Install ruby-multi-xml Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-multi-xml

Install ruby-multi-xml 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-multi-xml using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-multi-xml

How To Uninstall ruby-multi-xml on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-multi-xml

Uninstall ruby-multi-xml And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ruby-multi-xml and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-multi-xml

Remove ruby-multi-xml Configurations and Data

To remove ruby-multi-xml configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-multi-xml

Remove ruby-multi-xml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-multi-xml

Dependencies

ruby-multi-xml have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-multi-xml package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.