How To Install ruby-safe-yaml on Debian 11
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-safe-yaml on Debian 11.
What is ruby-safe-yaml
ruby-safe-yaml is:
SafeYAML provides an alternative implementation of YAML.load suitable for accepting user input in Ruby applications.
Unlike Ruby’s built-in implementation of YAML.load, SafeYAML’s version does not expose applications to arbitrary code execution exploits.
There are three methods to install ruby-safe-yaml on Debian 11. 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-safe-yaml 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-safe-yaml using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-safe-yaml
Install ruby-safe-yaml Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-safe-yaml using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-safe-yaml
Install ruby-safe-yaml 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-safe-yaml using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-safe-yaml
How To Uninstall ruby-safe-yaml on Debian 11
To uninstall only the ruby-safe-yaml package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-safe-yaml
Uninstall ruby-safe-yaml And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-safe-yaml and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 11, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-safe-yaml
Remove ruby-safe-yaml Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-safe-yaml configuration and data from Debian 11 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-safe-yaml
Remove ruby-safe-yaml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-safe-yaml configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-safe-yaml
Dependencies
ruby-safe-yaml have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-safe-yaml package on Debian 11 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
