How To Install ruby-version-sorter on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-version-sorter on Debian 9.
What is ruby-version-sorter
ruby-version-sorter is:
Used to sort version strings faster. It is used to sort a repository’s tags. It is used as follows require ‘version_sorter’ versions = %w( 1.0.9 2.0 1.0.10 1.0.3 ) VersionSorter.rsort(versions) # => [“2.0”, “1.0.10”, “1.0.9”, “1.0.3”] VersionSorter.sort(versions) # => [“1.0.3”, “1.0.9”, “1.0.10”, “2.0”]
There are three methods to install ruby-version-sorter 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-version-sorter 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-version-sorter using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-version-sorter
Install ruby-version-sorter Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-version-sorter using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-version-sorter
Install ruby-version-sorter 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-version-sorter using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-version-sorter
How To Uninstall ruby-version-sorter on Debian 9
To uninstall only the ruby-version-sorter package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-version-sorter
Uninstall ruby-version-sorter And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-version-sorter and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-version-sorter
Remove ruby-version-sorter Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-version-sorter configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-version-sorter
Remove ruby-version-sorter configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-version-sorter configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-version-sorter
Dependencies
ruby-version-sorter have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-version-sorter package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.