How To Install ruby-curb on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-curb on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ruby-curb
ruby-curb is:
Curb (probably CUrl-RuBy or something) provides Ruby-language bindings for the libcurl(3), a fully-featured client-side URL transfer library.
Curb is a work-in-progress, and currently only supports libcurl’s ’easy' and ‘multi’ modes.
There are three methods to install ruby-curb 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-curb 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-curb using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-curb
Install ruby-curb Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-curb using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-curb
Install ruby-curb 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-curb using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-curb
How To Uninstall ruby-curb on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ruby-curb package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-curb
Uninstall ruby-curb And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-curb and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-curb
Remove ruby-curb Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-curb configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-curb
Remove ruby-curb configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-curb configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-curb
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-curb package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
