How To Install ruby-distribution on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-distribution
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is ruby-distribution
ruby-distribution is:
This Ruby library allows one to generate random variable with a given probability distribution, or evaluate classical probability distributions.
The probability distributions currently implemented include: Normal univariate and bivariate, T, F, Chi Square, Binomial, Hypergeometric, Exponential, Poisson, Beta, LogNormal and Gamma.
If available, the library will use Ruby/GSL (from ruby-gsl package) for better performance. Ruby-Versions: all
There are three methods to install ruby-distribution
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-distribution 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-distribution
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-distribution
Install ruby-distribution Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-distribution
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-distribution
Install ruby-distribution 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-distribution
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-distribution
How To Uninstall ruby-distribution on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the ruby-distribution
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-distribution
Uninstall ruby-distribution And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-distribution
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-distribution
Remove ruby-distribution Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-distribution
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-distribution
Remove ruby-distribution configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-distribution
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-distribution
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-distribution
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.