How To Install ruby-grape-route-helpers on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-grape-route-helpers on Ubuntu 18.04. ruby-grape-route-helpers is Route helpers for Grape

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-grape-route-helpers on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is ruby-grape-route-helpers

ruby-grape-route-helpers is:

Provides named route helpers for Grape APIs, similar to Rails’ route helpers.

Grape is a REST-like API micro-framework for Ruby. It’s designed to run on Rack or complement existing web application frameworks such as Rails and Sinatra by providing a simple DSL to easily develop RESTful APIs.

There are three methods to install ruby-grape-route-helpers 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-grape-route-helpers 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-grape-route-helpers using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-grape-route-helpers

Install ruby-grape-route-helpers Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ruby-grape-route-helpers using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ruby-grape-route-helpers

Install ruby-grape-route-helpers 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-grape-route-helpers using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-grape-route-helpers

How To Uninstall ruby-grape-route-helpers on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the ruby-grape-route-helpers package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ruby-grape-route-helpers

Uninstall ruby-grape-route-helpers And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ruby-grape-route-helpers and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-grape-route-helpers

Remove ruby-grape-route-helpers Configurations and Data

To remove ruby-grape-route-helpers configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-grape-route-helpers

Remove ruby-grape-route-helpers configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ruby-grape-route-helpers configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-grape-route-helpers

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-grape-route-helpers package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.