How To Install ruby-pg-query on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-pg-query on Debian 12.
What is ruby-pg-query
ruby-pg-query is:
Parses SQL queries using a copy of the PostgreSQL server query parser
This Ruby extension uses the actual PostgreSQL server source to parse SQL queries and return the internal PostgreSQL parsetree.
In addition the extension allows one to normalize queries (replacing constant values with ?) and parse these normalized queries into a parsetree again.
There are three methods to install ruby-pg-query 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-pg-query 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-pg-query using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-pg-query
Install ruby-pg-query Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-pg-query using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-pg-query
Install ruby-pg-query 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-pg-query using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-pg-query
How To Uninstall ruby-pg-query on Debian 12
To uninstall only the ruby-pg-query package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-pg-query
Uninstall ruby-pg-query And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-pg-query and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-pg-query
Remove ruby-pg-query Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-pg-query configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-pg-query
Remove ruby-pg-query configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-pg-query configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-pg-query
Dependencies
ruby-pg-query have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-pg-query package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
