How To Install ruby-coercible on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-coercible on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ruby-coercible
ruby-coercible is:
The Coercible Ruby library gives you access to coercer objects where each object is responsible for coercing only one type into other types.
For example a string coercer knows only how to coerce string objects, integer coercer knows only how to coerce integers etc.
There are three methods to install ruby-coercible 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-coercible 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-coercible using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-coercible
Install ruby-coercible Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-coercible using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-coercible
Install ruby-coercible 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-coercible using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-coercible
How To Uninstall ruby-coercible on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ruby-coercible package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-coercible
Uninstall ruby-coercible And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-coercible and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-coercible
Remove ruby-coercible Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-coercible configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-coercible
Remove ruby-coercible configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-coercible configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-coercible
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-coercible package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
