How To Install ruby-mail-room on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-mail-room on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ruby-mail-room
ruby-mail-room is:
mail_room is a configuration based process that will idle on IMAP connections and execute a delivery method when a new message is received. Examples of delivery methods include: POST to a delivery URL (Postback) Queue a job to Sidekiq or Que for later processing (Sidekiq or Que) Log the message or open with LetterOpener (Logger or LetterOpener)
There are three methods to install ruby-mail-room 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-mail-room 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-mail-room using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-mail-room
Install ruby-mail-room Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-mail-room using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-mail-room
Install ruby-mail-room 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-mail-room using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-mail-room
How To Uninstall ruby-mail-room on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ruby-mail-room package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-mail-room
Uninstall ruby-mail-room And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-mail-room and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-mail-room
Remove ruby-mail-room Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-mail-room configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-mail-room
Remove ruby-mail-room configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-mail-room configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-mail-room
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-mail-room package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
