How To Install ruby-cucumber-wire on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-cucumber-wire on Ubuntu 18.04. ruby-cucumber-wire is Wire protocol for Cucumber (a ruby acceptance testing framework)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-cucumber-wire on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is ruby-cucumber-wire

ruby-cucumber-wire is:

cucumber supports a wire protocol for running tests in separate processes. Not necessarily even ruby processes.

This ruby library implements the wire protocol.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-cucumber-wire

Install ruby-cucumber-wire Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-cucumber-wire

Install ruby-cucumber-wire 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-cucumber-wire using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-cucumber-wire

How To Uninstall ruby-cucumber-wire on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the ruby-cucumber-wire package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ruby-cucumber-wire

Uninstall ruby-cucumber-wire And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-cucumber-wire

Remove ruby-cucumber-wire Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-cucumber-wire

Remove ruby-cucumber-wire configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-cucumber-wire

References

Summary

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