How To Install ruby-rantly 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-rantly on Ubuntu.
What is ruby-rantly
ruby-rantly is:
You can use Rantly to generate random test data, and use its Test::Unit extension for property-based testing. Rantly is basically a recursive descent interpreter, each of its method returns a random value of some type (string, integer, float, etc.).
There are three methods to install ruby-rantly 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-rantly 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-rantly using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-rantly
Install ruby-rantly Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-rantly using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-rantly
Install ruby-rantly 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-rantly using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-rantly
How To Uninstall ruby-rantly on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the ruby-rantly package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-rantly
Uninstall ruby-rantly And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-rantly and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-rantly
Remove ruby-rantly Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-rantly configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-rantly
Remove ruby-rantly configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-rantly configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-rantly
Dependencies
ruby-rantly have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-rantly package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.