How To Install ruby-oj on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-oj
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is ruby-oj
ruby-oj is:
JSON (or JavaScript Object Notation) is a text-based open standard designed for human-readable data interchange.
Oj (Optimized JSON) is a Ruby library written to provide speed optimized handling of JSON, for parsing JSON and serializing objects. Ruby-Versions: ruby2.7
There are three methods to install ruby-oj
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-oj 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-oj
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-oj
Install ruby-oj Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-oj
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-oj
Install ruby-oj 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-oj
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-oj
How To Uninstall ruby-oj on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the ruby-oj
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-oj
Uninstall ruby-oj And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-oj
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-oj
Remove ruby-oj Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-oj
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-oj
Remove ruby-oj configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-oj
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-oj
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-oj
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.