How To Install ruby-numru-units on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-numru-units on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ruby-numru-units
ruby-numru-units is:
Numru-units is a class to handle units of physical quantities. It covers most functionality of UNIDATA’s UDUNITS Library (http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/packages/udunits), however, with a more sophisticated handling of string expressions.
There are three methods to install ruby-numru-units 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-numru-units 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-numru-units using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-numru-units
Install ruby-numru-units Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-numru-units using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-numru-units
Install ruby-numru-units 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-numru-units using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-numru-units
How To Uninstall ruby-numru-units on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ruby-numru-units package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-numru-units
Uninstall ruby-numru-units And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-numru-units and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-numru-units
Remove ruby-numru-units Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-numru-units configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-numru-units
Remove ruby-numru-units configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-numru-units configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-numru-units
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-numru-units package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.