How To Install ruby-nori on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-nori on Ubuntu 18.04. ruby-nori is XML to Hash translator

Introduction

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

What is ruby-nori

ruby-nori is:

Really simple XML parser ripped from Crack which ripped it from Merb. Nori was created to bypass the stale development of Crack, improve its XML parser and fix certain issues.

Nori supports pluggable parsers and ships with both REXML and Nokogiri implementations. It defaults to Nokogiri, but you can change it to use REXML.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-nori

Install ruby-nori Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-nori

Install ruby-nori 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-nori using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-nori

How To Uninstall ruby-nori on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-nori

Uninstall ruby-nori And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-nori

Remove ruby-nori Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-nori

Remove ruby-nori configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-nori

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Summary

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