How To Install ruby-ffi-bit-masks on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-ffi-bit-masks on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ruby-ffi-bit-masks
ruby-ffi-bit-masks is:
FFI plugin which adds support for bitmasked types (or flags) to FFI. This plugin can map a Hash of flags to their bitmask value; and also an Integer bitmask to a Hash of flags.
There are three methods to install ruby-ffi-bit-masks 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-ffi-bit-masks 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-ffi-bit-masks using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-ffi-bit-masks
Install ruby-ffi-bit-masks Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-ffi-bit-masks using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-ffi-bit-masks
Install ruby-ffi-bit-masks 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-ffi-bit-masks using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-ffi-bit-masks
How To Uninstall ruby-ffi-bit-masks on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ruby-ffi-bit-masks package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-ffi-bit-masks
Uninstall ruby-ffi-bit-masks And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-ffi-bit-masks and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-ffi-bit-masks
Remove ruby-ffi-bit-masks Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-ffi-bit-masks configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-ffi-bit-masks
Remove ruby-ffi-bit-masks configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-ffi-bit-masks configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-ffi-bit-masks
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-ffi-bit-masks package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
