How To Install ruby-ansi on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-ansi on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ruby-ansi
ruby-ansi is:
The ANSI project is a superlative collection of ANSI escape code related libraries enabling ANSI colorization and stylization of console output. It features classees for colorised columns, tables, loggers and very good coverage of standard ANSI codes.
There are three methods to install ruby-ansi 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-ansi 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-ansi using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-ansi
Install ruby-ansi Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-ansi using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-ansi
Install ruby-ansi 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-ansi using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-ansi
How To Uninstall ruby-ansi on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ruby-ansi package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-ansi
Uninstall ruby-ansi And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-ansi and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-ansi
Remove ruby-ansi Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-ansi configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-ansi
Remove ruby-ansi configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-ansi configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-ansi
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-ansi package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
