How To Install ruby-http-accept-language on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-http-accept-language on Ubuntu 18.04. ruby-http-accept-language is Ruby library that finds out which locale the user prefers

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-http-accept-language on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is ruby-http-accept-language

ruby-http-accept-language is:

This ruby library reads the language user specified in their browser and returns the language in an array. This package will be useful in cases where the locale should be selected depending on the user’s locale settings automatically.

Features

  • Splits the http-header into languages specified by the user
  • Returns empty array if header is malformed.
  • Corrects case to xx-XX
  • Sorted by priority given, as much as possible.
  • Gives you the most important language
  • Gives compatible languages

There are three methods to install ruby-http-accept-language 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-http-accept-language 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-http-accept-language using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-http-accept-language

Install ruby-http-accept-language Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ruby-http-accept-language using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ruby-http-accept-language

Install ruby-http-accept-language 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-http-accept-language using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-http-accept-language

How To Uninstall ruby-http-accept-language on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the ruby-http-accept-language package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ruby-http-accept-language

Uninstall ruby-http-accept-language And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ruby-http-accept-language and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-http-accept-language

Remove ruby-http-accept-language Configurations and Data

To remove ruby-http-accept-language configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-http-accept-language

Remove ruby-http-accept-language configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ruby-http-accept-language configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-http-accept-language

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Summary

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