How To Install rails on Ubuntu
Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )
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Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install rails on Ubuntu.
What is rails
rails is:
Rails is a full-stack, open-source web framework in Ruby for writing real-world applications.
Being a full-stack framework means that all layers are built to work seamlessly together. That way you don’t repeat yourself and you can use a single language from top to bottom. Everything from templates to control flow to business logic is written in Ruby.
This is a metapackage.
There are three methods to install rails on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install rails Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install rails using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install rails
Install rails Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install rails using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install rails
Install rails Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install rails using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install rails
How To Uninstall rails on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the rails package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove rails
Uninstall rails And Its Dependencies
To uninstall rails and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove rails
Remove rails Configurations and Data
To remove rails configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge rails
Remove rails configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove rails configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rails
Dependencies
rails have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install rails package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.