How To Install ruby-hpricot on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-hpricot on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ruby-hpricot
ruby-hpricot is:
Hpricot is a fast, flexible HTML parser written in C. It’s designed to be very accomodating (like Tanaka Akira’s HTree) and to have a very helpful library (like some JavaScript libs – JQuery, Prototype – give you).
Also, Hpricot can be handy for reading broken XML files, since many of the same principles are used. If a quote is missing, Hpricot tries to figure it out. If tags overlap, Hpricot works on sorting them out.
There are three methods to install ruby-hpricot 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-hpricot 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-hpricot using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-hpricot
Install ruby-hpricot Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-hpricot using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-hpricot
Install ruby-hpricot 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-hpricot using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-hpricot
How To Uninstall ruby-hpricot on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ruby-hpricot package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-hpricot
Uninstall ruby-hpricot And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-hpricot and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-hpricot
Remove ruby-hpricot Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-hpricot configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-hpricot
Remove ruby-hpricot configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-hpricot configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-hpricot
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-hpricot package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
