How To Install ruby2.7-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby2.7-dev on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is ruby2.7-dev
ruby2.7-dev is:
Ruby is the interpreted scripting language for quick and easy object-oriented programming. It has many features to process text files and to do system management tasks (as in perl). It is simple, straight-forward, and extensible.
This package contains the header files and the mkmf library, necessary to make extension library for Ruby 2.7. It is also required to build many gems.
Package: ruby2.7-dev Architecture: amd64 Version: 2.7.0-5ubuntu1 Multi-Arch: same Priority: optional Section: ruby Source: ruby2.7 Origin: Ubuntu Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers [email protected] Original-Maintainer: Debian Ruby Team [email protected] Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug Installed-Size: 1408 Depends: libgmp-dev, libruby2.7 (= 2.7.0-5ubuntu1) Recommends: ruby2.7-doc Filename: pool/main/r/ruby2.7/ruby2.7-dev_2.7.0-5ubuntu1_amd64.deb Size: 182124 MD5sum: 9103d44d5a6ea726e7a1cc6861564d23 SHA1: 9fc721854b69987e9d951e30a64da885f9fe443e SHA256: c1bb2386335cafcddc228102bd3203aa0c80c65c58ba5a8b899d5a34219944fc Homepage: https://www.ruby-lang.org/ Description-en: Header files for compiling extension modules for the Ruby 2.7 Ruby is the interpreted scripting language for quick and easy object-oriented programming. It has many features to process text files and to do system management tasks (as in perl). It is simple, straight-forward, and extensible.
This package contains the header files and the mkmf library, necessary to make extension library for Ruby 2.7. It is also required to build many gems.
There are three methods to install ruby2.7-dev 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 ruby2.7-dev Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby2.7-dev using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby2.7-dev
Install ruby2.7-dev Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby2.7-dev using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby2.7-dev
Install ruby2.7-dev 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 ruby2.7-dev using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby2.7-dev
How To Uninstall ruby2.7-dev on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the ruby2.7-dev package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby2.7-dev
Uninstall ruby2.7-dev And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby2.7-dev and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby2.7-dev
Remove ruby2.7-dev Configurations and Data
To remove ruby2.7-dev configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby2.7-dev
Remove ruby2.7-dev configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby2.7-dev configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby2.7-dev
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby2.7-dev package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
