How To Install ruby-ffi-compiler on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-ffi-compiler
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is ruby-ffi-compiler
ruby-ffi-compiler is:
ffi-compiler is a ruby library for automating compilation of native libraries for use with ffi.
To use, define your own ruby->native API using ffi, implement it in C, then use ffi-compiler to compile it.
There are three methods to install ruby-ffi-compiler
on Ubuntu 22.04. 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-compiler 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-compiler
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-ffi-compiler
Install ruby-ffi-compiler Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-ffi-compiler
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-ffi-compiler
Install ruby-ffi-compiler 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-compiler
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-ffi-compiler
How To Uninstall ruby-ffi-compiler on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the ruby-ffi-compiler
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-ffi-compiler
Uninstall ruby-ffi-compiler And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-ffi-compiler
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-ffi-compiler
Remove ruby-ffi-compiler Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-ffi-compiler
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-ffi-compiler
Remove ruby-ffi-compiler configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-ffi-compiler
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-ffi-compiler
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-ffi-compiler
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.