How To Install ruby-redis-rack on Debian 10

Learn how to install ruby-redis-rack on Debian 10 with this tutorial. ruby-redis-rack is Redis Store for Rack

Introduction

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

What is ruby-redis-rack

ruby-redis-rack is:

redis-rack provides a Redis backed session store Rack. Redis Store provides a full set of stores (Cache, I18n, Session, HTTP Cache) for modern Ruby frameworks like: Ruby on Rails, Sinatra, Rack, Rack::Cache and I18n. It supports object marshalling, timeouts, single or multiple nodes, and namespaces.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-redis-rack

Install ruby-redis-rack Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-redis-rack

Install ruby-redis-rack 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-redis-rack using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-redis-rack

How To Uninstall ruby-redis-rack on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-redis-rack

Uninstall ruby-redis-rack And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-redis-rack

Remove ruby-redis-rack Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-redis-rack

Remove ruby-redis-rack configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-redis-rack

Dependencies

ruby-redis-rack have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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