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

Last updated: February 02,2025

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

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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall ruby-serialport 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-serialport package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: ruby-serialport
Source: ruby-serialport (1.3.2-1)
Version: 1.3.2-1+b4
Installed-Size: 55
Maintainer: Debian Ruby Team
Architecture: amd64
Depends: ruby | ruby-interpreter, libc6 (>= 2.4), libruby3.1 (>= 3.1.0~preview1), libruby (>= 1:3.1~0), libruby (<< 1:3.2~)
Description: Library for using RS-232 serial ports from Ruby programs
Description-md5: e5ea5e7a2c42319b976e77d31327ef54
Homepage: https://github.com/hparra/ruby-serialport/
Section: ruby
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/r/ruby-serialport/ruby-serialport_1.3.2-1+b4_amd64.deb
Size: 13296
MD5sum: ea82a1f542d94b63293d3363d3fb1608
SHA256: f5b1489b8405bb1334e9ace26d3df853fabf4b277230ba9a446cac7211bb8216