How To Install ruby-rspec-its on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-rspec-its on Debian 9. ruby-rspec-its is attribute matching extension for the RSpec BDD framework

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-rspec-its on Debian 9.

What is ruby-rspec-its

ruby-rspec-its is:

RSpec is a behaviour driven development framework for Ruby, provided by the ruby-rspec package.

The “its” method, formerly part of rspec-core before version 3, provides a short-hand to specify the expected value of an attribute. It is now distributed independently, and available in this package.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-rspec-its

Install ruby-rspec-its Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-rspec-its

Install ruby-rspec-its 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-rspec-its using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-rspec-its

How To Uninstall ruby-rspec-its on Debian 9

To uninstall only the ruby-rspec-its package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ruby-rspec-its

Uninstall ruby-rspec-its And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ruby-rspec-its and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-rspec-its

Remove ruby-rspec-its Configurations and Data

To remove ruby-rspec-its configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-rspec-its

Remove ruby-rspec-its configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-rspec-its

Dependencies

ruby-rspec-its have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-rspec-its package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.