How To Install ruby-selenium-webdriver on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-selenium-webdriver on Debian 12.
What is ruby-selenium-webdriver
ruby-selenium-webdriver is:
Selenium is an umbrella project encapsulating a variety of tools and libraries enabling web browser automation. Selenium specifically provides infrastructure for the W3C WebDriver specification ?? a platform and language-neutral coding interface compatible with all major web browsers.
Selenium uses a custom build system, aptly named crazyfun available on all fine platforms (Linux, Mac, Windows).
There are three methods to install ruby-selenium-webdriver 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-selenium-webdriver 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-selenium-webdriver using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-selenium-webdriver
Install ruby-selenium-webdriver Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-selenium-webdriver using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-selenium-webdriver
Install ruby-selenium-webdriver 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-selenium-webdriver using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-selenium-webdriver
How To Uninstall ruby-selenium-webdriver on Debian 12
To uninstall only the ruby-selenium-webdriver package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-selenium-webdriver
Uninstall ruby-selenium-webdriver And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-selenium-webdriver and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-selenium-webdriver
Remove ruby-selenium-webdriver Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-selenium-webdriver configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-selenium-webdriver
Remove ruby-selenium-webdriver configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-selenium-webdriver configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-selenium-webdriver
Dependencies
ruby-selenium-webdriver have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-selenium-webdriver package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.