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

Last updated: February 03,2025

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

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1. Install "ruby-distribution" package

This is a short guide on how to install ruby-distribution on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall ruby-distribution on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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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 ruby-distribution package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: ruby-distribution
Version: 0.7.3+dfsg-1.1
Installed-Size: 203
Maintainer: Debian Ruby Extras Maintainers
Architecture: all
Depends: ruby | ruby-interpreter
Recommends: ruby-gsl
Description: Ruby library to work with probability distributions
Description-md5: 0982a9a9e0b95daa604067646cbb0687
Homepage: https://github.com/sciruby/distribution
Ruby-Versions: all
Section: ruby
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/r/ruby-distribution/ruby-distribution_0.7.3+dfsg-1.1_all.deb
Size: 38364
MD5sum: dd19474a49aa32da5ceb4897e43d2419
SHA256: 60dc57b9d91146386f812130389f524c7dd750311b46ab4d16164af4137cdb86