How To Install ruby-vips on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-vips on Debian 12.
What is ruby-vips
ruby-vips is:
This package provides a binding for the vips image processing library. It is extremely fast and it can process huge images without loading the whole image in memory.
There are three methods to install ruby-vips on Debian 12. 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-vips 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-vips using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-vips
Install ruby-vips Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-vips using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-vips
Install ruby-vips 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-vips using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-vips
How To Uninstall ruby-vips on Debian 12
To uninstall only the ruby-vips package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-vips
Uninstall ruby-vips And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-vips and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-vips
Remove ruby-vips Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-vips configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-vips
Remove ruby-vips configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-vips configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-vips
Dependencies
ruby-vips have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-vips package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
