How to Install and Uninstall ruby-mecab Package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Last updated: May 18,2024

1. Install "ruby-mecab" package

This is a short guide on how to install ruby-mecab on Debian 11 (Bullseye)


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

This tutorial shows how to uninstall ruby-mecab on Debian 11 (Bullseye):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                ruby-mecab
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the ruby-mecab package on Debian 11 (Bullseye)

Package: ruby-mecab
Source: mecab (0.996-14)
Version: 0.996-14+b4
Installed-Size: 115
Maintainer: Natural Language Processing (Japanese)
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libmecab2 (>= 0.996), libstdc++6 (>= 5), libruby2.7 (>= 2.7.0~preview2), ruby (>= 1:2.7~0), ruby (<< 1:2.8~)
Description: Mecab binding for Ruby language
Description-md5: aa45d8c9aa8f702eeb47a8a5f98a786e
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://taku910.github.io/mecab/
Ruby-Versions: ruby2.7
Section: ruby
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/m/mecab/ruby-mecab_0.996-14+b4_amd64.deb
Size: 30436
MD5sum: f47c8bef349ab159cfa87100a896794d
SHA256: b205c4973e8ffb7b5b4cb2ac0752a7d8753c404745118dc58f771696eb047533