How To Install ruby-optimist on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-optimist on Debian 11.
What is ruby-optimist
ruby-optimist is:
Optimist is a commandline option parser for Ruby that just gets out of your way. One line of code per option is all you need to write.
For that, you get a nice automatically-generated help page, robust option parsing, command subcompletion, and sensible defaults for everything you don’t specify.
There are three methods to install ruby-optimist 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-optimist 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-optimist using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-optimist
Install ruby-optimist Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-optimist using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-optimist
Install ruby-optimist 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-optimist using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-optimist
How To Uninstall ruby-optimist on Debian 11
To uninstall only the ruby-optimist package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-optimist
Uninstall ruby-optimist And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-optimist and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-optimist
Remove ruby-optimist Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-optimist configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-optimist
Remove ruby-optimist configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-optimist configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-optimist
Dependencies
ruby-optimist have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-optimist package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
