How To Install ruby-foreman on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-foreman on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ruby-foreman
ruby-foreman is:
Foreman is a process manager commonly used during development of multi-component applications. For production, it allows allow you to either run your application directly or export it to some other process management format (i.e. init system service files).
Foreman uses a file called Procfile, which is the same mechanism for declaring what commands are run by your application’s dynos on the Heroku platform. It follows the process model. You can use a Procfile to declare various process types, such as multiple types of workers, a singleton process like a clock, or a consumer of the Twitter streaming API.
There are three methods to install ruby-foreman 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-foreman 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-foreman using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-foreman
Install ruby-foreman Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-foreman using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-foreman
Install ruby-foreman 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-foreman using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-foreman
How To Uninstall ruby-foreman on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ruby-foreman package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-foreman
Uninstall ruby-foreman And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-foreman and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-foreman
Remove ruby-foreman Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-foreman configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-foreman
Remove ruby-foreman configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-foreman configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-foreman
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-foreman package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.