How To Install ruby-equatable on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-equatable on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is ruby-equatable
ruby-equatable is:
This library extends Ruby objects with equality comparison and inspection methods.
By including this module, a class indicates that its instances have
explicit general contracts for hash, == and eql? methods.
Ruby-Versions: all
There are three methods to install ruby-equatable 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-equatable 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-equatable using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-equatable
Install ruby-equatable Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-equatable using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-equatable
Install ruby-equatable 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-equatable using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-equatable
How To Uninstall ruby-equatable on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the ruby-equatable package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-equatable
Uninstall ruby-equatable And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-equatable and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-equatable
Remove ruby-equatable Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-equatable configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-equatable
Remove ruby-equatable configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-equatable configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-equatable
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-equatable package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.