How To Install ruby-raindrops on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-raindrops on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ruby-raindrops
ruby-raindrops is:
Raindrops is a real-time stats toolkit to show statistics for Rack HTTP servers. It is designed for preforking servers such as unicorn, but should support any Rack HTTP server on platforms supporting POSIX shared memory. It may also be used as a generic scoreboard for sharing atomic counters across multiple processes.
There are three methods to install ruby-raindrops 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-raindrops 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-raindrops using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-raindrops
Install ruby-raindrops Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-raindrops using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-raindrops
Install ruby-raindrops 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-raindrops using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-raindrops
How To Uninstall ruby-raindrops on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ruby-raindrops package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-raindrops
Uninstall ruby-raindrops And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-raindrops and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-raindrops
Remove ruby-raindrops Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-raindrops configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-raindrops
Remove ruby-raindrops configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-raindrops configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-raindrops
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-raindrops package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
