How To Install ruby-zeitwerk on Debian 12

Learn how to install ruby-zeitwerk on Debian 12 with this tutorial. ruby-zeitwerk is Efficient and thread-safe constant autoloader

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-zeitwerk on Debian 12.

What is ruby-zeitwerk

ruby-zeitwerk is:

Zeitwerk implements constant autoloading with Ruby semantics. Each gem and application may have their own independent autoloader, with its own configuration, inflector, and logger. Supports autoloading, preloading, reloading, and eager loading.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-zeitwerk

Install ruby-zeitwerk Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-zeitwerk

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-zeitwerk

How To Uninstall ruby-zeitwerk on Debian 12

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-zeitwerk

Uninstall ruby-zeitwerk And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ruby-zeitwerk and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-zeitwerk

Remove ruby-zeitwerk Configurations and Data

To remove ruby-zeitwerk configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-zeitwerk

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

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

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

Dependencies

ruby-zeitwerk have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-zeitwerk package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.