How To Install ruby-sawyer on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-sawyer on Debian 9.
What is ruby-sawyer
ruby-sawyer is:
Sawyer is an experimental hypermedia HTTP client built on top of ruby-faraday.
Although Sawyer provides the expected features of an HTTP client library, it’s more useful when is used to interact and to implement REST APIs endpoints.
Out of the box it can parse data from API responses, turns contents into high level resources or collections of resources, relations between those resources, etc.
There are three methods to install ruby-sawyer 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-sawyer 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-sawyer using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-sawyer
Install ruby-sawyer Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-sawyer using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-sawyer
Install ruby-sawyer 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-sawyer using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-sawyer
How To Uninstall ruby-sawyer on Debian 9
To uninstall only the ruby-sawyer package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-sawyer
Uninstall ruby-sawyer And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-sawyer and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-sawyer
Remove ruby-sawyer Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-sawyer configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-sawyer
Remove ruby-sawyer configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-sawyer configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-sawyer
Dependencies
ruby-sawyer have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-sawyer package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.