How To Install ruby-activesupport 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 ruby-activesupport on Ubuntu.
What is ruby-activesupport
ruby-activesupport is:
Active Support is a collection of utility classes and standard library extensions that were found useful for the Rails framework.
The classes reside in this package so they can be loaded as needed in Ruby projects outside of Rails.
There are three methods to install ruby-activesupport 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 ruby-activesupport Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-activesupport using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-activesupport
Install ruby-activesupport Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-activesupport using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-activesupport
Install ruby-activesupport 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 ruby-activesupport using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-activesupport
How To Uninstall ruby-activesupport on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the ruby-activesupport package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-activesupport
Uninstall ruby-activesupport And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-activesupport and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-activesupport
Remove ruby-activesupport Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-activesupport configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-activesupport
Remove ruby-activesupport configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-activesupport configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-activesupport
Dependencies
ruby-activesupport have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-activesupport package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.