How To Install ruby-memfs on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-memfs on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ruby-memfs
ruby-memfs is:
MemFs is greatly inspired by the awesome FakeFs. The main goal of MemFs is to be 100% compatible with the Ruby libraries like FileUtils.
MemFs is greatly inspired by the awesome FakeFs.
There are three methods to install ruby-memfs 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-memfs 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-memfs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-memfs
Install ruby-memfs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-memfs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-memfs
Install ruby-memfs 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-memfs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-memfs
How To Uninstall ruby-memfs on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ruby-memfs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-memfs
Uninstall ruby-memfs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-memfs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-memfs
Remove ruby-memfs Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-memfs configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-memfs
Remove ruby-memfs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-memfs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-memfs
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-memfs package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
