How To Install ruby-tty-spinner on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-tty-spinner
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is ruby-tty-spinner
ruby-tty-spinner is:
tty-spinner provides a selection of different text-based animations that can be shown when the user is waiting on a task running in terminal that has non-deterministic time frame.
Those tasks will usually be waiting for some I/O, for example a download or a task that was requested from a service that will give an answer whenever the response is ready. Ruby-Versions: all
There are three methods to install ruby-tty-spinner
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-tty-spinner 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-tty-spinner
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-tty-spinner
Install ruby-tty-spinner Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-tty-spinner
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-tty-spinner
Install ruby-tty-spinner 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-tty-spinner
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-tty-spinner
How To Uninstall ruby-tty-spinner on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the ruby-tty-spinner
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-tty-spinner
Uninstall ruby-tty-spinner And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-tty-spinner
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-tty-spinner
Remove ruby-tty-spinner Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-tty-spinner
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-tty-spinner
Remove ruby-tty-spinner configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-tty-spinner
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-tty-spinner
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-tty-spinner
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.