How to Install and Uninstall ruby-dev Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: December 23,2024

You can also install and uninstall the ruby-dev on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

MX Linux 23
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1. Install "ruby-dev" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install ruby-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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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

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall ruby-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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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 12 (Bookworm)

Package: ruby-dev
Source: ruby-defaults
Version: 1:3.1
Installed-Size: 17
Maintainer: Debian Ruby Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: ruby3.1-dev
Description: Header files for compiling extension modules for Ruby (default version)
Description-md5: 61dcf5351684d778001b3b63904b2418
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://www.ruby-lang.org/
Section: ruby
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/r/ruby-defaults/ruby-dev_3.1_amd64.deb
Size: 5116
MD5sum: 976a711b535aaa1d5ea22dc69f074bb0
SHA256: 77ea363197f464151cc67a4bbe7ce772424f9329f0cef291dc581b8559d0dfe5