How To Install ruby-six on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-six on Debian 9.
What is ruby-six
ruby-six is:
Six is a very simple authorization library for Ruby, which can be used for the Rails framework. It allows you to define rules which restricts what resources a given user is allowed to access.
There are three methods to install ruby-six 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-six 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-six using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-six
Install ruby-six Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-six using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-six
Install ruby-six 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-six using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-six
How To Uninstall ruby-six on Debian 9
To uninstall only the ruby-six package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-six
Uninstall ruby-six And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-six and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-six
Remove ruby-six Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-six configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-six
Remove ruby-six configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-six configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-six
Dependencies
ruby-six have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-six package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.