How To Install ruby-toml on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-toml on Debian 9. ruby-toml is TOML Parser library for Ruby

Introduction

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

What is ruby-toml

ruby-toml is:

TOML aims to be a minimal configuration file format that’s easy to read due to obvious semantics. TOML is designed to map unambiguously to a hash table. TOML should be easy to parse into data structures in a wide variety of languages.

This package provides TOML parser for Ruby.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-toml

Install ruby-toml Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-toml

Install ruby-toml 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-toml using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-toml

How To Uninstall ruby-toml on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-toml

Uninstall ruby-toml And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-toml

Remove ruby-toml Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-toml

Remove ruby-toml configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-toml

Dependencies

ruby-toml have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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