How To Install ruby-paper-trail on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-paper-trail on Debian 12.
What is ruby-paper-trail
ruby-paper-trail is:
Track changes to your models, for auditing or versioning. See how a model looked at any stage in its lifecycle, revert it to any version, or restore it after it has been destroyed.
PaperTrail stores the pre-change version of the model, unlike some other auditing/versioning plugins, so you can retrieve the original version. This is useful when you start keeping a paper trail for models that already have records in the database.
There are three methods to install ruby-paper-trail on Debian 12. 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-paper-trail 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-paper-trail using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-paper-trail
Install ruby-paper-trail Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-paper-trail using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-paper-trail
Install ruby-paper-trail 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-paper-trail using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-paper-trail
How To Uninstall ruby-paper-trail on Debian 12
To uninstall only the ruby-paper-trail package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-paper-trail
Uninstall ruby-paper-trail And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-paper-trail and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-paper-trail
Remove ruby-paper-trail Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-paper-trail configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-paper-trail
Remove ruby-paper-trail configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-paper-trail configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-paper-trail
Dependencies
ruby-paper-trail have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-paper-trail package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
