How To Install ruby-faye-websocket on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-faye-websocket on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is ruby-faye-websocket
ruby-faye-websocket is:
This is a general-purpose WebSocket implementation extracted from the Faye project. It provides classes for easily building WebSocket servers and clients in Ruby. It does not provide a server itself, but rather makes it easy to handle WebSocket connections within an existing Rack application. It does not provide any abstraction other than the standard WebSocket API.
It also provides an abstraction for handling EventSource connections, which are one-way connections that allow the server to push data to the client. They are based on streaming HTTP responses and can be easier to access via proxies than WebSockets.
There are three methods to install ruby-faye-websocket on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ruby-faye-websocket 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-faye-websocket using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-faye-websocket
Install ruby-faye-websocket Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-faye-websocket using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-faye-websocket
Install ruby-faye-websocket 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-faye-websocket using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-faye-websocket
How To Uninstall ruby-faye-websocket on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the ruby-faye-websocket package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-faye-websocket
Uninstall ruby-faye-websocket And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-faye-websocket and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-faye-websocket
Remove ruby-faye-websocket Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-faye-websocket configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-faye-websocket
Remove ruby-faye-websocket configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-faye-websocket configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-faye-websocket
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-faye-websocket package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
