How To Install ruby-cbor on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-cbor on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is ruby-cbor
ruby-cbor is:
CBOR is a library for the CBOR binary object representation format, based on Sadayuki Furuhashi’s MessagePack library.
This is a Ruby implementation of the CBOR (http://cbor.io) encoding, based on the (polished) high-performance msgpack-ruby code.
There are three methods to install ruby-cbor on Ubuntu 22.04. 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-cbor 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-cbor using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-cbor
Install ruby-cbor Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-cbor using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-cbor
Install ruby-cbor 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-cbor using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-cbor
How To Uninstall ruby-cbor on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the ruby-cbor package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-cbor
Uninstall ruby-cbor And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-cbor and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-cbor
Remove ruby-cbor Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-cbor configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-cbor
Remove ruby-cbor configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-cbor configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-cbor
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-cbor package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.