How To Install ruby-prof on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-prof on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ruby-prof
ruby-prof is:
ruby-prof is a fast code profiler for Ruby. It is a C extension and therefore is many times faster than the standard Ruby profiler. It supports both flat and graph profiles. For each method, graph profiles show how long the method ran, which methods called it and which methods it called. RubyProf generate both text and html and can output it to standard out or to a file.
There are three methods to install ruby-prof 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-prof 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-prof using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-prof
Install ruby-prof Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-prof using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-prof
Install ruby-prof 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-prof using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-prof
How To Uninstall ruby-prof on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ruby-prof package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-prof
Uninstall ruby-prof And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-prof and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-prof
Remove ruby-prof Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-prof configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-prof
Remove ruby-prof configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-prof configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-prof
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-prof package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
