How To Install ruby-albino on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-albino on Ubuntu 18.04. ruby-albino is Ruby wrapper for pygmentize

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-albino on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is ruby-albino

ruby-albino is:

Albino is a ruby wrapper for python-pygmentize.

Pygments aims to be a generic syntax highlighter for general use in all kinds of software such as forum systems, wikis or other applications that need to prettify source code.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-albino

Install ruby-albino Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-albino

Install ruby-albino 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-albino using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-albino

How To Uninstall ruby-albino on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-albino

Uninstall ruby-albino And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ruby-albino and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-albino

Remove ruby-albino Configurations and Data

To remove ruby-albino configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-albino

Remove ruby-albino configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-albino

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-albino package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.