How To Install ruby-active-model-serializers on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-active-model-serializers on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ruby-active-model-serializers
ruby-active-model-serializers is:
Bringing consistency and object orientation to model serialization. Works great for client-side MVC frameworks! ActiveModel::Serializers brings convention over configuration to your JSON generation. AMS does this through two components: serializers and adapters. Serializers describe which attributes and relationships should be serialized. Adapters describe how attributes and relationships should be serialized.
There are three methods to install ruby-active-model-serializers on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-active-model-serializers 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-active-model-serializers using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-active-model-serializers
Install ruby-active-model-serializers Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-active-model-serializers using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-active-model-serializers
Install ruby-active-model-serializers 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-active-model-serializers using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-active-model-serializers
How To Uninstall ruby-active-model-serializers on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ruby-active-model-serializers package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-active-model-serializers
Uninstall ruby-active-model-serializers And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-active-model-serializers and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-active-model-serializers
Remove ruby-active-model-serializers Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-active-model-serializers configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-active-model-serializers
Remove ruby-active-model-serializers configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-active-model-serializers configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-active-model-serializers
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-active-model-serializers package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
