How To Install ruby-paint on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-paint on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ruby-paint
ruby-paint is:
The paint library for ruby provides a single method,
Paint.[], that produces colored output on terminals. It comes with support for 256 color terminals, ANSI effects, and allows defining custom shortcuts.
There are three methods to install ruby-paint 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-paint 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-paint using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-paint
Install ruby-paint Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-paint using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-paint
Install ruby-paint 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-paint using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-paint
How To Uninstall ruby-paint on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ruby-paint package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-paint
Uninstall ruby-paint And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-paint and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-paint
Remove ruby-paint Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-paint configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-paint
Remove ruby-paint configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-paint configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-paint
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-paint package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
