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

Last updated: February 16,2025

You can also install and uninstall the ruby-rubygems 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-rubygems" package

This tutorial shows how to install ruby-rubygems on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall ruby-rubygems 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-rubygems package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: ruby-rubygems
Source: rubygems
Version: 3.3.15-2
Installed-Size: 1176
Maintainer: Debian Ruby Team
Architecture: all
Replaces: ruby (<< 1:2.7+2~)
Depends: ruby:any
Breaks: ruby (<< 1:2.7+2~)
Description: Package management framework for Ruby
Description-md5: 49f60a8485ed487d13a884765e0ce01a
Multi-Arch: foreign
Homepage: https://rubygems.org
Section: ruby
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/r/rubygems/ruby-rubygems_3.3.15-2_all.deb
Size: 292592
MD5sum: f9ae9d2da29f3a8bf2b5c757d4f7e6b9
SHA256: a8cece88ee1a95692f551c9a1a4191b357bb5cfbf3e39b6832867eaf87ad4d45