How To Install ruby-minitar on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-minitar on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ruby-minitar
ruby-minitar is:
Archive::Tar::Minitar is a pure-Ruby library and command-line utility that provides the ability to deal with POSIX tar(1) archive files.
The implementation is based heavily on Mauricio Ferna’ndez’s implementation in rpa-base, but has been reorganised to promote reuse in other projects.
There are three methods to install ruby-minitar 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-minitar 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-minitar using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-minitar
Install ruby-minitar Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-minitar using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-minitar
Install ruby-minitar 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-minitar using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-minitar
How To Uninstall ruby-minitar on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ruby-minitar package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-minitar
Uninstall ruby-minitar And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-minitar and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-minitar
Remove ruby-minitar Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-minitar configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-minitar
Remove ruby-minitar configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-minitar configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-minitar
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-minitar package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.