How To Install ruby-ffi-yajl on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-ffi-yajl
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is ruby-ffi-yajl
ruby-ffi-yajl is:
ffi-yajl is a Ruby adapter for the yajl JSON parser/generator library. It supports multiple Ruby C extension mechanisms, including both MRI native extensions and FFI in order to be compatible with as many Ruby implementations as possible while providing good performance where possible. Ruby-Versions: ruby2.7
There are three methods to install ruby-ffi-yajl
on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-yajl 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-yajl
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-ffi-yajl
Install ruby-ffi-yajl Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-ffi-yajl
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-ffi-yajl
Install ruby-ffi-yajl 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-yajl
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-ffi-yajl
How To Uninstall ruby-ffi-yajl on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the ruby-ffi-yajl
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-ffi-yajl
Uninstall ruby-ffi-yajl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-ffi-yajl
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-ffi-yajl
Remove ruby-ffi-yajl Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-ffi-yajl
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-ffi-yajl
Remove ruby-ffi-yajl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-ffi-yajl
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-ffi-yajl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-ffi-yajl
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.