How To Install ruby-atomic on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-atomic on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ruby-atomic
ruby-atomic is:
An atomic reference implementation for JRuby, Rubinius, and MRI.
This library provides an Atomic class that guarantees atomic updates to its contained value.
There are three methods to install ruby-atomic 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-atomic 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-atomic using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-atomic
Install ruby-atomic Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-atomic using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-atomic
Install ruby-atomic 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-atomic using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-atomic
How To Uninstall ruby-atomic on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ruby-atomic package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-atomic
Uninstall ruby-atomic And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-atomic and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-atomic
Remove ruby-atomic Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-atomic configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-atomic
Remove ruby-atomic configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-atomic configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-atomic
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-atomic package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
