How To Install ruby-premailer on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-premailer on Ubuntu 18.04. ruby-premailer is Preflight for HTML e-mail

Introduction

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

What is ruby-premailer

ruby-premailer is:

This package provides the premailer gem, which helps to improve the rendering of HTML emails by making CSS inline, converting links and warning about unsupported code.

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-premailer

Install ruby-premailer Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-premailer

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-premailer

How To Uninstall ruby-premailer on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-premailer

Uninstall ruby-premailer And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-premailer

Remove ruby-premailer Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-premailer

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

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

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

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Summary

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