How To Install ruby-diff-match-patch on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-diff-match-patch
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is ruby-diff-match-patch
ruby-diff-match-patch is:
The Diff Match and Patch libraries offer robust algorithms to perform the operations required for synchronizing plain text.
This is a Ruby implementation of Google’s diff_match_patch in C++ and this work was inspired by the diff_match_patch-ruby module, which is a ruby binding for C++ version originally created by Google. Ruby-Versions: all
There are three methods to install ruby-diff-match-patch
on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-diff-match-patch 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-diff-match-patch
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-diff-match-patch
Install ruby-diff-match-patch Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-diff-match-patch
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-diff-match-patch
Install ruby-diff-match-patch 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-diff-match-patch
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-diff-match-patch
How To Uninstall ruby-diff-match-patch on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the ruby-diff-match-patch
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-diff-match-patch
Uninstall ruby-diff-match-patch And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-diff-match-patch
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-diff-match-patch
Remove ruby-diff-match-patch Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-diff-match-patch
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-diff-match-patch
Remove ruby-diff-match-patch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-diff-match-patch
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-diff-match-patch
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-diff-match-patch
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.