How To Install ruby-escape on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-escape on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ruby-escape
ruby-escape is:
For Ruby programmers, this utility provides several escaping functions for HTML, URI, and shell command line handling. This library is an full replacement for Ruby internal escaping Shellwords module.
There are three methods to install ruby-escape 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-escape 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-escape using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-escape
Install ruby-escape Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-escape using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-escape
Install ruby-escape 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-escape using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-escape
How To Uninstall ruby-escape on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ruby-escape package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-escape
Uninstall ruby-escape And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-escape and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-escape
Remove ruby-escape Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-escape configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-escape
Remove ruby-escape configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-escape configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-escape
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-escape package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
