How To Install ruby-method-source 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-method-source on Ubuntu.

What is ruby-method-source

ruby-method-source is:

The method_source is a utility to return a method’s sourcecode as a Ruby string. Also returns Proc and Lambda sourcecode.

Method comments can also be extracted using the comment method.

It is written in pure Ruby (no C).

• Some Ruby 1.8 support now available.
• Support for MRI, RBX, JRuby, REE

method_source provides the source and comment methods to the Method and UnboundMethod and Proc classes.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-method-source

Install ruby-method-source Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-method-source

Install ruby-method-source 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-method-source using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-method-source

How To Uninstall ruby-method-source on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the ruby-method-source package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ruby-method-source

Uninstall ruby-method-source And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-method-source

Remove ruby-method-source Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-method-source

Remove ruby-method-source configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-method-source

Dependencies

ruby-method-source have the following dependencies:

References

• ruby-method-source website

Summary

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