How To Install ruby-re2 on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-re2 on Debian 10.
What is ruby-re2
ruby-re2 is:
Ruby bindings to re2, “an efficient, principled regular expression library”.
RE2 is a fast, safe, thread-friendly alternative to backtracking regular expression engines like those used in PCRE, Perl, and Python.
There are three methods to install ruby-re2 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-re2 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-re2 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-re2
Install ruby-re2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-re2 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-re2
Install ruby-re2 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-re2 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-re2
How To Uninstall ruby-re2 on Debian 10
To uninstall only the ruby-re2 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-re2
Uninstall ruby-re2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-re2 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-re2
Remove ruby-re2 Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-re2 configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-re2
Remove ruby-re2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-re2 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-re2
Dependencies
ruby-re2 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-re2 package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.