How To Install ruby-rspec-mocks on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-rspec-mocks on Ubuntu 22.04. ruby-rspec-mocks is Behaviour Driven Development framework for Ruby - mocks

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-rspec-mocks on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is ruby-rspec-mocks

ruby-rspec-mocks is:

RSpec is a Behaviour Driven Development framework for Ruby. It provides a framework for writing and executing examples of how your Ruby application should behave.

This package provides support for stubbing and mocking.

There are three methods to install ruby-rspec-mocks 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-rspec-mocks 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-rspec-mocks using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-rspec-mocks

Install ruby-rspec-mocks Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-rspec-mocks

Install ruby-rspec-mocks 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-rspec-mocks using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-rspec-mocks

How To Uninstall ruby-rspec-mocks on Ubuntu 22.04

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-rspec-mocks

Uninstall ruby-rspec-mocks And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ruby-rspec-mocks and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-rspec-mocks

Remove ruby-rspec-mocks Configurations and Data

To remove ruby-rspec-mocks configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-rspec-mocks

Remove ruby-rspec-mocks configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-rspec-mocks

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-rspec-mocks package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.