How To Install ruby-minitest-excludes on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-minitest-excludes on Ubuntu 18.04. ruby-minitest-excludes is Ruby unit tests helper library for MiniTest framework

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-minitest-excludes on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is ruby-minitest-excludes

ruby-minitest-excludes is:

minitest/excludes.rb extends MiniTest::Unit::TestCase to provide a clean API for excluding certain tests you don’t want to run under certain conditions.

There are three methods to install ruby-minitest-excludes 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-minitest-excludes 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-minitest-excludes using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-minitest-excludes

Install ruby-minitest-excludes Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ruby-minitest-excludes using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ruby-minitest-excludes

Install ruby-minitest-excludes 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-minitest-excludes using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-minitest-excludes

How To Uninstall ruby-minitest-excludes on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the ruby-minitest-excludes package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ruby-minitest-excludes

Uninstall ruby-minitest-excludes And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ruby-minitest-excludes and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-minitest-excludes

Remove ruby-minitest-excludes Configurations and Data

To remove ruby-minitest-excludes configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-minitest-excludes

Remove ruby-minitest-excludes configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ruby-minitest-excludes configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-minitest-excludes

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-minitest-excludes package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.