How To Install libfilesystem-ruby on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfilesystem-ruby on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is libfilesystem-ruby
libfilesystem-ruby is:
This is a transitional package to ease upgrades to the ruby-filesystem package. It can safely be removed.
There are three methods to install libfilesystem-ruby on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install libfilesystem-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 libfilesystem-ruby using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install libfilesystem-ruby
Install libfilesystem-ruby Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install libfilesystem-ruby using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install libfilesystem-ruby
Install libfilesystem-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 libfilesystem-ruby using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install libfilesystem-ruby
How To Uninstall libfilesystem-ruby on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the libfilesystem-ruby package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove libfilesystem-ruby
Uninstall libfilesystem-ruby And Its Dependencies
To uninstall libfilesystem-ruby and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove libfilesystem-ruby
Remove libfilesystem-ruby Configurations and Data
To remove libfilesystem-ruby configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge libfilesystem-ruby
Remove libfilesystem-ruby configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove libfilesystem-ruby configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge libfilesystem-ruby
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install libfilesystem-ruby package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
