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

Last updated: December 24,2024

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

MX Linux 23
SparkyLinux

1. Install "ruby-mecab" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to install ruby-mecab 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-mecab" package

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

Package: ruby-mecab
Source: mecab (0.996-14)
Version: 0.996-14+b14
Installed-Size: 113
Maintainer: Natural Language Processing (Japanese)
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libmecab2 (>= 0.996), libstdc++6 (>= 5), libruby3.1 (>= 3.1.2), libruby (>= 1:3.1~0), libruby (<< 1:3.2~)
Description: Mecab binding for Ruby language
Description-md5: aa45d8c9aa8f702eeb47a8a5f98a786e
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://taku910.github.io/mecab/
Section: ruby
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/m/mecab/ruby-mecab_0.996-14+b14_amd64.deb
Size: 27904
MD5sum: 1168dafb48ef0c95af32b3ab39432151
SHA256: 90768c0c70b5a3e3fa70ef65ec0ca478cb11006526c6d4addeaf07922afa3e25