How To Install ruby-ascii85 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-ascii85
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is ruby-ascii85
ruby-ascii85 is:
Ascii85 (also called “Base85”) is a form of binary-to-text encoding, which is mainly used in Adobe’s PostScript and PDF format. This package provides a ruby library to encode/decode Ascii85.
It ships also a command line utility, which can encode/decode files to the standard output. Ruby-Versions: all
There are three methods to install ruby-ascii85
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 ruby-ascii85 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-ascii85
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-ascii85
Install ruby-ascii85 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-ascii85
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-ascii85
Install ruby-ascii85 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-ascii85
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-ascii85
How To Uninstall ruby-ascii85 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the ruby-ascii85
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-ascii85
Uninstall ruby-ascii85 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-ascii85
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-ascii85
Remove ruby-ascii85 Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-ascii85
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-ascii85
Remove ruby-ascii85 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-ascii85
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-ascii85
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-ascii85
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.