How To Install ruby-peek on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-peek on Ubuntu 18.04. ruby-peek is Take a peek into your Rails application

Introduction

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

What is ruby-peek

ruby-peek is:

This is a profiling tool originally built at GitHub to help them get an insight into their application. Now, they have extracted this into Peek, so that other Rails applications can experience the same benefit.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-peek

Install ruby-peek Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-peek

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-peek

How To Uninstall ruby-peek on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-peek

Uninstall ruby-peek And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-peek

Remove ruby-peek Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-peek

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

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

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

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Summary

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