How To Install ruby-escape-utils on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-escape-utils on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ruby-escape-utils
ruby-escape-utils is:
escape_utils provides fast HTML escaping of string. It has monkey-patches for Rack::Utils, CGI, URI, ERB::Util and Haml and ActionView which speed up their escaping.
It’s assumed that all input is UTF-8 encoded.
There are three methods to install ruby-escape-utils 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-utils 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-utils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-escape-utils
Install ruby-escape-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-escape-utils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-escape-utils
Install ruby-escape-utils 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-utils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-escape-utils
How To Uninstall ruby-escape-utils on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ruby-escape-utils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-escape-utils
Uninstall ruby-escape-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-escape-utils 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-utils
Remove ruby-escape-utils Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-escape-utils configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-escape-utils
Remove ruby-escape-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-escape-utils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-escape-utils
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-escape-utils package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
