How To Install ruby-unf on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-unf on Debian 9. ruby-unf is Wrapper library to bring Unicode Normalization Form support to Ruby

Introduction

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

What is ruby-unf

ruby-unf is:

This library allows code to be portable between Ruby implementations, using ‘unf_ext’ under CRuby and ‘java.text.Normalizer’ on JRuby. It normalizes UTF-8 strings into and from NFC, NFD, NFKC or NFKD

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-unf

Install ruby-unf Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-unf

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-unf

How To Uninstall ruby-unf on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-unf

Uninstall ruby-unf And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-unf

Remove ruby-unf Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-unf

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-unf have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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