How To Install ruby-grit on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-grit on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ruby-grit
ruby-grit is:
Grit gives you object oriented read/write access to Git repositories via Ruby. The main goals are stability and performance. To this end, some of the interactions with Git repositories are done by shelling out to the system’s git command, and other interactions are done with pure Ruby reimplementations of core Git functionality. This choice, however, is transparent to end users, and you need not know which method is being used.
This software was developed to power GitHub, and should be considered production ready.
This version has been patched for use with GITLAB.
There are three methods to install ruby-grit 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-grit 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-grit using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-grit
Install ruby-grit Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-grit using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-grit
Install ruby-grit 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-grit using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-grit
How To Uninstall ruby-grit on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ruby-grit package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-grit
Uninstall ruby-grit And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-grit and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-grit
Remove ruby-grit Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-grit configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-grit
Remove ruby-grit configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-grit configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-grit
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-grit package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
