How To Install ruby-rails-assets-clipboard on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-rails-assets-clipboard on Ubuntu 18.04. ruby-rails-assets-clipboard is provide clipboard javascript library via rails asset pipeline

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-rails-assets-clipboard on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is ruby-rails-assets-clipboard

ruby-rails-assets-clipboard is:

A modern approach to copy text to clipboard. No Flash. Just 2kb.

Copying text to the clipboard shouldn’t be hard. It shouldn’t require dozens of steps to configure or hundreds of KBs to load. But most of all, it shouldn’t depend on Flash or any bloated framework.

That’s why clipboard.js exists.

This package is built using rubygem autogenerated by rails-assets.org

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-rails-assets-clipboard

Install ruby-rails-assets-clipboard Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-rails-assets-clipboard

Install ruby-rails-assets-clipboard 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-rails-assets-clipboard using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-rails-assets-clipboard

How To Uninstall ruby-rails-assets-clipboard on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the ruby-rails-assets-clipboard package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ruby-rails-assets-clipboard

Uninstall ruby-rails-assets-clipboard And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-rails-assets-clipboard

Remove ruby-rails-assets-clipboard Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-rails-assets-clipboard

Remove ruby-rails-assets-clipboard configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-rails-assets-clipboard

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Summary

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