How To Install ruby-acts-as-list on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-acts-as-list on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ruby-acts-as-list
ruby-acts-as-list is:
This “acts_as” extension provides the capabilities for sorting and reordering a number of objects in a list. The class that has this specified needs to have a “position” column defined as an integer on the mapped database table.
There are three methods to install ruby-acts-as-list 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-acts-as-list 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-acts-as-list using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-acts-as-list
Install ruby-acts-as-list Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-acts-as-list using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-acts-as-list
Install ruby-acts-as-list 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-acts-as-list using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-acts-as-list
How To Uninstall ruby-acts-as-list on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ruby-acts-as-list package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-acts-as-list
Uninstall ruby-acts-as-list And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-acts-as-list and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-acts-as-list
Remove ruby-acts-as-list Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-acts-as-list configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-acts-as-list
Remove ruby-acts-as-list configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-acts-as-list configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-acts-as-list
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-acts-as-list package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
