How To Install gem on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gem on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is gem
gem is:
Gem is a loadable library for Pure Data (Pd), which adds OpenGL graphics rendering and animation to Pd. Pd is a graphical programming language and computer music system.
This package contains the core library. If you want to use external data (live video capture, film footage, still images,…), you have to install one (or all) of the gem-plugin-* packages. Task: ubuntustudio-audio
There are three methods to install gem 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 gem Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gem using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gem
Install gem Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gem using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gem
Install gem 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 gem using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gem
How To Uninstall gem on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the gem package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gem
Uninstall gem And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gem and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gem
Remove gem Configurations and Data
To remove gem configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gem
Remove gem configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gem configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gem
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gem package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.