How To Install ruby-bootsnap 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-bootsnap on Ubuntu.
What is ruby-bootsnap
ruby-bootsnap is:
Bootsnap is a library that plugs into Ruby, with optional support for
ActiveSupportandYAML, to optimize and cache expensive computations.
Bootsnap optimizes methods to cache results of expensive computations, and can be grouped into two broad categories: * Path Pre-Scanning * Compilation caching
There are three methods to install ruby-bootsnap 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-bootsnap 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-bootsnap using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-bootsnap
Install ruby-bootsnap Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-bootsnap using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-bootsnap
Install ruby-bootsnap 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-bootsnap using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-bootsnap
How To Uninstall ruby-bootsnap on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the ruby-bootsnap package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-bootsnap
Uninstall ruby-bootsnap And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-bootsnap and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-bootsnap
Remove ruby-bootsnap Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-bootsnap configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-bootsnap
Remove ruby-bootsnap configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-bootsnap configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-bootsnap
Dependencies
ruby-bootsnap have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-bootsnap package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.