How to Install and Uninstall ruby2.5-dev Package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Last updated: February 24,2025

1. Install "ruby2.5-dev" package

Learn how to install ruby2.5-dev on Debian 10 (Buster)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                ruby2.5-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "ruby2.5-dev" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall ruby2.5-dev on Debian 10 (Buster):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the ruby2.5-dev package on Debian 10 (Buster)

Package: ruby2.5-dev
Source: ruby2.5
Version: 2.5.5-3+deb10u4
Installed-Size: 656
Maintainer: Debian Ruby Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libgmp-dev, libruby2.5 (= 2.5.5-3+deb10u4)
Recommends: ruby2.5-doc
Description: Header files for compiling extension modules for the Ruby 2.5
Description-md5: 6a77c26d865f206a73dd4781f13355c8
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://www.ruby-lang.org/
Section: ruby
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/r/ruby2.5/ruby2.5-dev_2.5.5-3+deb10u4_amd64.deb
Size: 415524
MD5sum: 42503685e524bd2614b8a7ca0b52d4e4
SHA256: 8c4428a130b1d3d8353aa14fea61abf79a401124cf30a6130c755b0db803d5df