How To Install ruby-websocket-extensions on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-websocket-extensions on Ubuntu 20.04. ruby-websocket-extensions is Generic extension manager for WebSocket connections Generic extension manager for WebSocket connections

Introduction

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

What is ruby-websocket-extensions

ruby-websocket-extensions is:

A minimal framework that supports the implementation of WebSocket extensions in a way that’s decoupled from the main protocol. This library aims to allow a WebSocket extension to be written and used with any protocol library, by defining abstract representations of frames and messages that allow modules to co-operate. Ruby-Versions: all

Package: ruby-websocket-extensions Architecture: all Version: 0.1.2-1 Priority: optional Section: universe/ruby Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian Ruby Extras Maintainers [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 33 Depends: ruby | ruby-interpreter Filename: pool/universe/r/ruby-websocket-extensions/ruby-websocket-extensions_0.1.2-1_all.deb Size: 9420 MD5sum: 8b92ac70b0c2b212167357d6336d6782 SHA1: fe56b6269b26a194bb303fbd908bdf28b71c7c41 SHA256: cebda46c014da87c242328a21e29fbd4d260c93ee53bff960eaa8cbc24c3b183 Homepage: http://github.com/faye/websocket-extensions-ruby Description-en: Generic extension manager for WebSocket connections A minimal framework that supports the implementation of WebSocket extensions in a way that’s decoupled from the main protocol. This library aims to allow a WebSocket extension to be written and used with any protocol library, by defining abstract representations of frames and messages that allow modules to co-operate. Ruby-Versions: all

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-websocket-extensions

Install ruby-websocket-extensions Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-websocket-extensions

Install ruby-websocket-extensions 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-websocket-extensions using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-websocket-extensions

How To Uninstall ruby-websocket-extensions on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-websocket-extensions

Uninstall ruby-websocket-extensions And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-websocket-extensions

Remove ruby-websocket-extensions Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-websocket-extensions

Remove ruby-websocket-extensions configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-websocket-extensions

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Summary

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