How To Install ruby-em-synchrony 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-em-synchrony on Ubuntu.

What is `ruby-em-synchrony`

ruby-em-synchrony is:

Collection of convenience classes and primitives to help untangle evented code, plus a number of patched EM clients to make them Fiber aware.

Fiber aware ConnectionPool with sync/async query support
Fiber aware Iterator to allow concurrency control & mixing of sync / async
Fiber aware async inline support: turns any async function into sync
Fiber aware Multi-request interface for any callback enabled clients
Fiber aware TCPSocket replacement, powered by EventMachine
Fiber aware Thread, Mutex, ConditionVariable clases
Fiber aware sleep, defer, system

There are three methods to install ruby-em-synchrony 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-em-synchrony 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-em-synchrony using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-em-synchrony

Install ruby-em-synchrony Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ruby-em-synchrony using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ruby-em-synchrony

Install ruby-em-synchrony 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-em-synchrony using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-em-synchrony

How To Uninstall ruby-em-synchrony on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the ruby-em-synchrony package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ruby-em-synchrony

Uninstall ruby-em-synchrony And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ruby-em-synchrony and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-em-synchrony

Remove ruby-em-synchrony Configurations and Data

To remove ruby-em-synchrony configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-em-synchrony

Remove ruby-em-synchrony configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ruby-em-synchrony configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-em-synchrony

Dependencies

ruby-em-synchrony have the following dependencies:

References

ruby-em-synchrony website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-em-synchrony package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.