How To Install ruby-origami on Debian 10

Learn how to install ruby-origami on Debian 10 with this tutorial. ruby-origami is PDF analysis and manipulation tool (Ruby library)

Introduction

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

What is ruby-origami

ruby-origami is:

Origami is a PDF-compliant parser. It provides a scripting tool to generate and analyze malicious PDF files. It can also be used to create on-the-fly customized PDFs, or to inject (evil) code into already existing documents.

This package contains the Ruby library code, which can be used from other Ruby programs to manipulate PDF’s.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-origami

Install ruby-origami Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-origami

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-origami

How To Uninstall ruby-origami on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-origami

Uninstall ruby-origami And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-origami

Remove ruby-origami Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-origami

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-origami have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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