How To Install ruby 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 on Ubuntu.
What is ruby
ruby is:
Ruby is the interpreted scripting language for quick and easy object-oriented programming. It has many features to process text files and to do system management tasks (as in perl). It is simple, straight-forward, and extensible.
This package is a dependency package, which depends on Debian’s default Ruby version (currently v3.0).
There are three methods to install ruby 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 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 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby
Install ruby Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby
Install ruby 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 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby
How To Uninstall ruby on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the ruby package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby
Uninstall ruby And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby
Remove ruby Configurations and Data
To remove ruby configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby
Remove ruby configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby
Dependencies
ruby have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.