How To Install ruby-file-tail on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-file-tail
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is ruby-file-tail
ruby-file-tail is:
Small ruby library that allows it to “tail” files in Ruby, including following a file that still is growing, like the UNIX command ’tail -f’ can.
There are three methods to install ruby-file-tail
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-file-tail 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-file-tail
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-file-tail
Install ruby-file-tail Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-file-tail
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-file-tail
Install ruby-file-tail 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-file-tail
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-file-tail
How To Uninstall ruby-file-tail on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the ruby-file-tail
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-file-tail
Uninstall ruby-file-tail And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-file-tail
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-file-tail
Remove ruby-file-tail Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-file-tail
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-file-tail
Remove ruby-file-tail configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-file-tail
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-file-tail
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-file-tail
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.