How To Install ruby-sprockets on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-sprockets on Debian 12.
What is ruby-sprockets
ruby-sprockets is:
Sprockets is a Rack-based asset packaging system that concatenates and serves JavaScript, CoffeeScript, CSS, LESS, Sass, and SCSS.
There are three methods to install ruby-sprockets 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-sprockets 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-sprockets using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-sprockets
Install ruby-sprockets Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-sprockets using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-sprockets
Install ruby-sprockets 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-sprockets using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-sprockets
How To Uninstall ruby-sprockets on Debian 12
To uninstall only the ruby-sprockets package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-sprockets
Uninstall ruby-sprockets And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-sprockets and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-sprockets
Remove ruby-sprockets Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-sprockets configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-sprockets
Remove ruby-sprockets configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-sprockets configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-sprockets
Dependencies
ruby-sprockets have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-sprockets package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
