How To Install ruby-connection-pool on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-connection-pool on Ubuntu 18.04. ruby-connection-pool is generic connection pool for ruby

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-connection-pool on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is ruby-connection-pool

ruby-connection-pool is:

MongoDB has its own connection pool. ActiveRecord has its own connection pool. This is a generic connection pool that can be used with anything, e.g. Redis, Dalli and other Ruby network clients.

There are three methods to install ruby-connection-pool 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-connection-pool 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-connection-pool using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-connection-pool

Install ruby-connection-pool Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ruby-connection-pool using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ruby-connection-pool

Install ruby-connection-pool 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-connection-pool using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-connection-pool

How To Uninstall ruby-connection-pool on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the ruby-connection-pool package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ruby-connection-pool

Uninstall ruby-connection-pool And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-connection-pool

Remove ruby-connection-pool Configurations and Data

To remove ruby-connection-pool configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-connection-pool

Remove ruby-connection-pool configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-connection-pool

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Summary

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