How To Install ruby-numerizer on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-numerizer on Ubuntu 18.04. ruby-numerizer is parse numbers in natural language from strings (ex forty two)

Introduction

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

What is ruby-numerizer

ruby-numerizer is:

Numerizer is a library to help with parsing numbers in natural language from strings (ex forty two). It was extracted from the awesome Chronic gem http://github.com/evaryont/chronic.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-numerizer

Install ruby-numerizer Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-numerizer

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-numerizer

How To Uninstall ruby-numerizer on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-numerizer

Uninstall ruby-numerizer And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-numerizer

Remove ruby-numerizer Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-numerizer

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

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

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

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Summary

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