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

Last updated: March 14,2025

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

Please follow the guidelines below to install ruby-standalone on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


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

Learn how to uninstall ruby-standalone 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-standalone package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: ruby-standalone
Source: ruby-standalone (3.0~1)
Version: 3.0~1+b2
Installed-Size: 56
Maintainer: Antonio Terceiro
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.34), libruby3.1 (>= 3.1.0~preview1), ruby3.1, rubygems-integration (>= 1.17~)
Description: Ruby interpreter that won't integrate with Debian packages
Description-md5: 0039a0b94819f47317d0c92633414921
Section: ruby
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/r/ruby-standalone/ruby-standalone_3.0~1+b2_amd64.deb
Size: 8716
MD5sum: bbead493c7ef8af9e6a692f324dabf4a
SHA256: ad8a4bf1df6ec3f38befbaf3a76ef604dbe4ee03db9b2002eec0125f4da5b304