How To Install ruby-mysql2 on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-mysql2
on Debian 11.
What is ruby-mysql2
ruby-mysql2 is:
This is an API module that allows Ruby programs to interface with MySQL databases. Usually, it will be pulled in automatically by packages providing Ruby programs which need this capability, you only need to install it directly if you intend to write such programs yourself. You may want to prefer the ruby-mysql2 package over the ruby-mysql package, since benchmarks have shown it to be faster, it is non-blocking and it supports UTF-8 database encoding.
There are three methods to install ruby-mysql2
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-mysql2 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-mysql2
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-mysql2
Install ruby-mysql2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-mysql2
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-mysql2
Install ruby-mysql2 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-mysql2
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-mysql2
How To Uninstall ruby-mysql2 on Debian 11
To uninstall only the ruby-mysql2
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-mysql2
Uninstall ruby-mysql2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-mysql2
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-mysql2
Remove ruby-mysql2 Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-mysql2
configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-mysql2
Remove ruby-mysql2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-mysql2
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-mysql2
Dependencies
ruby-mysql2 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-mysql2
package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.