How To Install ruby-uconv on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-uconv on Debian 10.
What is ruby-uconv
ruby-uconv is:
The encoding translation module for the object-oriented scripting language Ruby 1.8. Supported character encodings are UCS-4, UTF-16, UTF-8, EUC-JP and CP932 (a variant of Shift_JIS for Japanese Windows). This cannot detect character encoding automatically.
There are three methods to install ruby-uconv 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-uconv 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-uconv using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-uconv
Install ruby-uconv Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-uconv using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-uconv
Install ruby-uconv 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-uconv using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-uconv
How To Uninstall ruby-uconv on Debian 10
To uninstall only the ruby-uconv package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-uconv
Uninstall ruby-uconv And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-uconv and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-uconv
Remove ruby-uconv Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-uconv configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-uconv
Remove ruby-uconv configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-uconv configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-uconv
Dependencies
ruby-uconv have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-uconv package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
