How To Install ruby-fixwhich on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-fixwhich on Ubuntu 20.04. ruby-fixwhich is ruby module that emulates the which program

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-fixwhich on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is ruby-fixwhich

ruby-fixwhich is:

Searches the path, or a provided path with given separators (path_sep, commonly “:”) and a separator for directories (dir_sep, commonly “/”), will return all of the places that filename occurs. `filename’ is included as a part of the output.

Note that the filename must both exist in the path and be executable for it to appear in the return value. Ruby-Versions: all

There are three methods to install ruby-fixwhich on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-fixwhich 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-fixwhich using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-fixwhich

Install ruby-fixwhich Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ruby-fixwhich using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ruby-fixwhich

Install ruby-fixwhich 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-fixwhich using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-fixwhich

How To Uninstall ruby-fixwhich on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the ruby-fixwhich package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ruby-fixwhich

Uninstall ruby-fixwhich And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ruby-fixwhich and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-fixwhich

Remove ruby-fixwhich Configurations and Data

To remove ruby-fixwhich configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-fixwhich

Remove ruby-fixwhich configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ruby-fixwhich configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-fixwhich

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-fixwhich package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.