How To Install ruby-launchy on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-launchy
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is ruby-launchy
ruby-launchy is:
Launchy is a helper class for launching cross-platform applications in a fire and forget manner. There are application concepts (browser, email client, etc) that are common across all platforms, and they may be launched differently on each platform. Launchy is here to make a common approach to launching external applications from within ruby programs.
There are three methods to install ruby-launchy
on Ubuntu 22.04. 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-launchy 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-launchy
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-launchy
Install ruby-launchy Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-launchy
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-launchy
Install ruby-launchy 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-launchy
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-launchy
How To Uninstall ruby-launchy on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the ruby-launchy
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-launchy
Uninstall ruby-launchy And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-launchy
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-launchy
Remove ruby-launchy Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-launchy
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-launchy
Remove ruby-launchy configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-launchy
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-launchy
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-launchy
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.