How To Install ruby-tzinfo on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-tzinfo on Debian 9.
What is ruby-tzinfo
ruby-tzinfo is:
TZInfo is a Ruby library that uses the standard tz (Olson) database to provide daylight savings aware transformations between times in different time zones.
There are three methods to install ruby-tzinfo 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-tzinfo 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-tzinfo using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-tzinfo
Install ruby-tzinfo Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-tzinfo using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-tzinfo
Install ruby-tzinfo 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-tzinfo using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-tzinfo
How To Uninstall ruby-tzinfo on Debian 9
To uninstall only the ruby-tzinfo package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-tzinfo
Uninstall ruby-tzinfo And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-tzinfo and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-tzinfo
Remove ruby-tzinfo Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-tzinfo configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-tzinfo
Remove ruby-tzinfo configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-tzinfo configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-tzinfo
Dependencies
ruby-tzinfo have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-tzinfo package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.