How To Install ruby-uuidtools on Debian 10
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-uuidtools on Debian 10.
What is ruby-uuidtools
ruby-uuidtools is:
UUIDTools was designed to be a simple library for generating any of the various types of UUIDs (or GUIDs if you prefer to call them that). It conforms to RFC 4122 whenever possible.
There are three methods to install ruby-uuidtools 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-uuidtools 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-uuidtools using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-uuidtools
Install ruby-uuidtools Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-uuidtools using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-uuidtools
Install ruby-uuidtools 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-uuidtools using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-uuidtools
How To Uninstall ruby-uuidtools on Debian 10
To uninstall only the ruby-uuidtools package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-uuidtools
Uninstall ruby-uuidtools And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-uuidtools and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-uuidtools
Remove ruby-uuidtools Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-uuidtools configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-uuidtools
Remove ruby-uuidtools configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-uuidtools configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-uuidtools
Dependencies
ruby-uuidtools have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-uuidtools package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
