How To Install ruby-symboltable on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-symboltable
on Debian 10.
What is ruby-symboltable
ruby-symboltable is:
SymbolTable is a handy little Ruby class that was conceived from the union of Hash and Symbol. SymbolTable directly extends Hash, but it stores all keys internally as symbols. Any key that cannot be converted to a Symbol is not valid.
While this may seem restrictive, it does have the nice side effect of making all keys slightly more memorable and usable. For example, values may be set and retrieved using any key that resolves to the same symbol.
There are three methods to install ruby-symboltable
on Debian 10. 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-symboltable 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-symboltable
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-symboltable
Install ruby-symboltable Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-symboltable
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-symboltable
Install ruby-symboltable 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-symboltable
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-symboltable
How To Uninstall ruby-symboltable on Debian 10
To uninstall only the ruby-symboltable
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-symboltable
Uninstall ruby-symboltable And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-symboltable
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-symboltable
Remove ruby-symboltable Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-symboltable
configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-symboltable
Remove ruby-symboltable configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-symboltable
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-symboltable
Dependencies
ruby-symboltable have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-symboltable
package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.