How To Install ruby-redis-rack on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-redis-rack on Debian 9.
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 9. 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 9
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 9, 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 9 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 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.