How To Install ruby-snmp on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-snmp
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is ruby-snmp
ruby-snmp is:
This library implements SNMP (the Simple Network Management Protocol). It is implemented in pure Ruby, so there are no dependencies on external libraries like net-snmp. Ruby-Versions: all
There are three methods to install ruby-snmp
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-snmp 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-snmp
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-snmp
Install ruby-snmp Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-snmp
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-snmp
Install ruby-snmp 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-snmp
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-snmp
How To Uninstall ruby-snmp on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the ruby-snmp
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-snmp
Uninstall ruby-snmp And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-snmp
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-snmp
Remove ruby-snmp Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-snmp
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-snmp
Remove ruby-snmp configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-snmp
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-snmp
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-snmp
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.