How To Install ruby-thread-safe on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-thread-safe on Debian 9. ruby-thread-safe is thread-safe collections and utilities for Ruby

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-thread-safe on Debian 9.

What is ruby-thread-safe

ruby-thread-safe is:

This Ruby library contains a collection of data structures providing thread-safe versions of arrays and hashes. These data structures lock against the objects themselves for every method call, ensuring only one thread can be reading or writing at a time.

These data structures as well as the utilities contained in this library make thread-safe programming in Ruby easier.

There are three methods to install ruby-thread-safe 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-thread-safe 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-thread-safe using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-thread-safe

Install ruby-thread-safe Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-thread-safe

Install ruby-thread-safe 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-thread-safe using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-thread-safe

How To Uninstall ruby-thread-safe on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-thread-safe

Uninstall ruby-thread-safe And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ruby-thread-safe and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-thread-safe

Remove ruby-thread-safe Configurations and Data

To remove ruby-thread-safe configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-thread-safe

Remove ruby-thread-safe configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-thread-safe

Dependencies

ruby-thread-safe have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-thread-safe package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.