How To Install ruby-facets on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-facets on Ubuntu 18.04. ruby-facets is extensive additions and extensions library for Ruby

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-facets on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is ruby-facets

ruby-facets is:

Ruby Facets is the single largest collection of core extension methods and standard library additions available for the Ruby programming language.

The core library extend existing base classes with lot’s of convenient methods and new base objects (Binding, Functor, Stackable, …).

In addition to the core libraries, Facets provides dozens of additional classes, modules, mixins and light-weight frameworks. These solid libraries provide a general-purpose set of components commonly useful across a variety of applications (Dictionary, LinkedList, PQueue, Random, …).

There are three methods to install ruby-facets 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-facets 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-facets using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-facets

Install ruby-facets Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ruby-facets using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ruby-facets

Install ruby-facets 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-facets using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-facets

How To Uninstall ruby-facets on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the ruby-facets package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ruby-facets

Uninstall ruby-facets And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ruby-facets and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-facets

Remove ruby-facets Configurations and Data

To remove ruby-facets configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-facets

Remove ruby-facets configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ruby-facets configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-facets

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-facets package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.