How To Install ruby-image-science 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-image-science on Ubuntu.
What is ruby-image-science
ruby-image-science is:
ImageScience is a clean Ruby library allowing for simple transformations on images, mainly geared towards generating thumbnails
- The provided functions aim at scaling and cropping images.
Emphasis is made on keeping the code as lean as possible (at less than 200 LoC), and on correctness to avoid memory leaks and similar problems that often accompany similar libraries.
There are three methods to install ruby-image-science 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-image-science 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-image-science using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-image-science
Install ruby-image-science Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-image-science using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-image-science
Install ruby-image-science 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-image-science using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-image-science
How To Uninstall ruby-image-science on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the ruby-image-science package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-image-science
Uninstall ruby-image-science And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-image-science and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-image-science
Remove ruby-image-science Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-image-science configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-image-science
Remove ruby-image-science configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-image-science configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-image-science
Dependencies
ruby-image-science have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-image-science package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.