How To Install ruby-citrus on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-citrus on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ruby-citrus
ruby-citrus is:
Citrus is a compact and powerful parsing library for Ruby that combines the elegance and expressiveness of the language with the simplicity and power of parsing expressions.
A parsing expression grammar, or PEG, is a type of analytic formal grammar, i.e. it describes a formal language in terms of a set of rules for recognizing strings in the language.
There are three methods to install ruby-citrus 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-citrus 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-citrus using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-citrus
Install ruby-citrus Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-citrus using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-citrus
Install ruby-citrus 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-citrus using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-citrus
How To Uninstall ruby-citrus on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ruby-citrus package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-citrus
Uninstall ruby-citrus And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-citrus and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-citrus
Remove ruby-citrus Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-citrus configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-citrus
Remove ruby-citrus configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-citrus configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-citrus
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-citrus package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
