How To Install ruby-metaid on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-metaid
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is ruby-metaid
ruby-metaid is:
MetAid adds a few innocent methods to the ruby Object and Module classes, in order to make metaprogramming easier. For the lore of metaprogramming see Seeing Metaclasses Clearly and Chapter Six of Why’s (Poignant) Guide to Ruby, at http://mislav.uniqpath.com/poignant-guide
There are three methods to install ruby-metaid
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-metaid 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-metaid
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-metaid
Install ruby-metaid Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-metaid
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-metaid
Install ruby-metaid 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-metaid
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-metaid
How To Uninstall ruby-metaid on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the ruby-metaid
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-metaid
Uninstall ruby-metaid And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-metaid
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-metaid
Remove ruby-metaid Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-metaid
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-metaid
Remove ruby-metaid configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-metaid
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-metaid
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-metaid
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.