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

Last updated: November 24,2024

1. Install "ruby-dev" package

This tutorial shows how to install ruby-dev on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                ruby-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "ruby-dev" package

Learn how to uninstall ruby-dev on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                ruby-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the ruby-dev package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: ruby-dev
Source: ruby-defaults
Version: 1:2.5.1
Installed-Size: 22
Maintainer: Antonio Terceiro
Architecture: amd64
Depends: ruby2.5-dev
Description: Header files for compiling extension modules for Ruby (default version)
Description-md5: f69599ab1a6a968ff27f074286d5b4b2
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://www.ruby-lang.org/
Section: ruby
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/r/ruby-defaults/ruby-dev_2.5.1_amd64.deb
Size: 10176
MD5sum: eaa1cb8ac60cdd4de47937331cc98d69
SHA256: c2fce92568e03dcd7983cd7d5c625ede44f30e43d351eb4502edb7cf4b329444