How To Install ruby-em-http-request on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-em-http-request on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ruby-em-http-request
ruby-em-http-request is:
em-http-client is an asynchronous HTTP client based on EventMachine with support for:
- Asynchronous HTTP API for single & parallel request execution
- Keep-Alive and HTTP pipelining support
- Auto-follow 3xx redirects with max depth
- Automatic gzip & deflate decoding
- Streaming response processing
- Streaming file uploads
- HTTP proxy and SOCKS5 support
- Basic Auth & OAuth
- Connection-level & Global middleware support
There are three methods to install ruby-em-http-request 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-em-http-request 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-em-http-request using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-em-http-request
Install ruby-em-http-request Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-em-http-request using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-em-http-request
Install ruby-em-http-request 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-em-http-request using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-em-http-request
How To Uninstall ruby-em-http-request on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ruby-em-http-request package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-em-http-request
Uninstall ruby-em-http-request And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-em-http-request and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-em-http-request
Remove ruby-em-http-request Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-em-http-request configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-em-http-request
Remove ruby-em-http-request configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-em-http-request configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-em-http-request
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-em-http-request package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
