How To Install ruby-rabl 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-rabl on Ubuntu.

What is `ruby-rabl`

ruby-rabl is:

RABL (Ruby API Builder Language) is a Rails and Padrino Ruby templating system for generating JSON, XML, MessagePack, and BSON.

It allows one to easily:

create arbitrary nodes named based on combining data in an object
pass arguments to methods and store the result as a child node
render partial templates and inherit to reduce code duplication
rename or alias attributes to change the name from the model
append attributes from a child into a parent node
include nodes only if a certain condition has been met

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-rabl

Install ruby-rabl Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-rabl

Install ruby-rabl 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-rabl using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-rabl

How To Uninstall ruby-rabl on Ubuntu

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-rabl

Uninstall ruby-rabl And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-rabl

Remove ruby-rabl Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-rabl

Remove ruby-rabl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-rabl

Dependencies

ruby-rabl have the following dependencies:

References

ruby-rabl website

Summary

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