How To Install ruby-fakefs on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-fakefs on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ruby-fakefs
ruby-fakefs is:
FakeFS allows you to unit-test file system calls without actually touching the file system. File, Dir and FileUtils calls are redirected to a fake file system without requiring to use any mocking library thus making it faster and easier to test file system calls.
There are three methods to install ruby-fakefs 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-fakefs 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-fakefs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-fakefs
Install ruby-fakefs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-fakefs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-fakefs
Install ruby-fakefs 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-fakefs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-fakefs
How To Uninstall ruby-fakefs on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ruby-fakefs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-fakefs
Uninstall ruby-fakefs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-fakefs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-fakefs
Remove ruby-fakefs Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-fakefs configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-fakefs
Remove ruby-fakefs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-fakefs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-fakefs
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-fakefs package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
