How To Install ruby-notify on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-notify on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ruby-notify
ruby-notify is:
The “notify” provides a function to notify on cross platform. Notify supports the following features:
- growl
- notify-send
- Growl for Windows (
ruby_gntp) - libnotify
- Mountain Lion Notification Center (
terminal-notifier)
In Debian, “notify” command is simple wrapper to execute “notify-send”.
There are three methods to install ruby-notify 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-notify 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-notify using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-notify
Install ruby-notify Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-notify using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-notify
Install ruby-notify 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-notify using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-notify
How To Uninstall ruby-notify on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ruby-notify package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-notify
Uninstall ruby-notify And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-notify and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-notify
Remove ruby-notify Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-notify configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-notify
Remove ruby-notify configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-notify configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-notify
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-notify package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
