How To Install ruby-netrc on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-netrc
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is ruby-netrc
ruby-netrc is:
This Ruby library can read and update netrc(5) files, preserving formatting including comments and whitespace.
This package contains the ’netrc’ library, not to be confused with the ’net-netrc’ library from the ‘ruby-net-netrc’ package. Ruby-Versions: all
There are three methods to install ruby-netrc
on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-netrc 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-netrc
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-netrc
Install ruby-netrc Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-netrc
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-netrc
Install ruby-netrc 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-netrc
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-netrc
How To Uninstall ruby-netrc on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the ruby-netrc
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-netrc
Uninstall ruby-netrc And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-netrc
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-netrc
Remove ruby-netrc Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-netrc
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-netrc
Remove ruby-netrc configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-netrc
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-netrc
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-netrc
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.