How To Install ruby-buff-shell-out on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-buff-shell-out on Ubuntu 18.04. ruby-buff-shell-out is Ruby library fo issuing shell commands and collecting the output

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-buff-shell-out on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is ruby-buff-shell-out

ruby-buff-shell-out is:

This library provides and platform agnostic way of executing shell commands on the local system.

This means it can be used with MRI, JRuby, Rubinius and probably with another Ruby platform implementations.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-buff-shell-out

Install ruby-buff-shell-out Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-buff-shell-out

Install ruby-buff-shell-out 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-buff-shell-out using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-buff-shell-out

How To Uninstall ruby-buff-shell-out on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the ruby-buff-shell-out package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ruby-buff-shell-out

Uninstall ruby-buff-shell-out And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-buff-shell-out

Remove ruby-buff-shell-out Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-buff-shell-out

Remove ruby-buff-shell-out configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-buff-shell-out

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Summary

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