How to Install and Uninstall ruby-backports Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: May 05,2024

1. Install "ruby-backports" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install ruby-backports on Debian 10 (Buster)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install ruby-backports

2. Uninstall "ruby-backports" package

This tutorial shows how to uninstall ruby-backports on Debian 10 (Buster):

$ sudo apt remove ruby-backports $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the ruby-backports package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: ruby-backports
Version: 3.11.1-2
Installed-Size: 997
Maintainer: Debian Ruby Extras Maintainers
Architecture: all
Depends: ruby | ruby-interpreter
Description: backports of new features for older versions of Ruby
Description-md5: cd12f739671c503a47f6b9291d5fcecf
Homepage: https://github.com/marcandre/backports
Ruby-Versions: all
Section: ruby
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/r/ruby-backports/ruby-backports_3.11.1-2_all.deb
Size: 103324
MD5sum: 55601bd6e05428efe0d7b85911a89222
SHA256: 6b27204b319c14e0b675f2b33f0da245eb25679535feb84fdb8cd75bb84bdbd7