How To Install ruby-innertube on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-innertube on Ubuntu 18.04. ruby-innertube is thread-safe re-entrant resource pool

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-innertube on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is ruby-innertube

ruby-innertube is:

This package provides the innertube gem, which is a thread-safe, re-entrant resource pool, extracted from the Riak Ruby Client, where it was used to pool connections to Riak.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-innertube

Install ruby-innertube Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-innertube

Install ruby-innertube 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-innertube using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-innertube

How To Uninstall ruby-innertube on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the ruby-innertube package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ruby-innertube

Uninstall ruby-innertube And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-innertube

Remove ruby-innertube Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-innertube

Remove ruby-innertube configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-innertube

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Summary

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