How To Install ruby-sdoc on Debian 12

Learn how to install ruby-sdoc on Debian 12 with this tutorial. ruby-sdoc is RDoc generator to build searchable HTML documentation for Ruby code

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-sdoc on Debian 12.

What is ruby-sdoc

ruby-sdoc is:

This package provides extra generators and templates for the RDoc documentation tool for Ruby. Generated HTML documentation has a javascript search index, so the documentation is searchable without any server-side requirements other than a web server.

There are three methods to install ruby-sdoc on Debian 12. 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-sdoc 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-sdoc using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-sdoc

Install ruby-sdoc Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-sdoc

Install ruby-sdoc 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-sdoc using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-sdoc

How To Uninstall ruby-sdoc on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-sdoc

Uninstall ruby-sdoc And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ruby-sdoc and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-sdoc

Remove ruby-sdoc Configurations and Data

To remove ruby-sdoc configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-sdoc

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

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-sdoc

Dependencies

ruby-sdoc have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-sdoc package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.