How To Install ruby-glib2 on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-glib2
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is ruby-glib2
ruby-glib2 is:
GLib is a useful general-purpose C library, notably used by GTK+ and GNOME.
This package contains libraries for using GLib 2 with the Ruby programming language. It is most likely useful in conjunction with Ruby bindings for other libraries such as GTK+. Ruby-Versions: ruby2.7
There are three methods to install ruby-glib2
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-glib2 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-glib2
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-glib2
Install ruby-glib2 Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-glib2
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-glib2
Install ruby-glib2 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-glib2
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-glib2
How To Uninstall ruby-glib2 on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the ruby-glib2
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-glib2
Uninstall ruby-glib2 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-glib2
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-glib2
Remove ruby-glib2 Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-glib2
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-glib2
Remove ruby-glib2 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-glib2
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-glib2
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-glib2
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.