How To Install ruby-full on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-full on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ruby-full
ruby-full is:
For many good reasons, the Ruby programming language is split in many small different packages. Installing this package will make sure you have all the packages that add up to a full Ruby installation, with the exception of the Tcl/Tk bindings for Ruby, which are only recommended.
This package is a dependency package, which depends on Debian’s default Ruby version (currently v2.5).
There are three methods to install ruby-full 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-full 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-full using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-full
Install ruby-full Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-full using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-full
Install ruby-full 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-full using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-full
How To Uninstall ruby-full on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ruby-full package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-full
Uninstall ruby-full And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-full and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-full
Remove ruby-full Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-full configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-full
Remove ruby-full configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-full configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-full
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-full package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
