How To Install ruby-rspec-retry on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-rspec-retry on Debian 9. ruby-rspec-retry is add support for retrying failing examples in RSpec

Introduction

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

What is ruby-rspec-retry

ruby-rspec-retry is:

RSpec is a Behaviour Driven Development framework for Ruby. This extension adds a :retry option to RSpec examples that will make RSpec retry multiple times a failing example.

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

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

Install ruby-rspec-retry Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-rspec-retry

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-rspec-retry

How To Uninstall ruby-rspec-retry on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-rspec-retry

Uninstall ruby-rspec-retry And Its Dependencies

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

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

Remove ruby-rspec-retry Configurations and Data

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

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

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-rspec-retry have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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