How To Install ruby-request-store on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-request-store on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ruby-request-store
ruby-request-store is:
RequestStore gives you per-request global storage of variables for Rack- compliant web servers. It is intended as an alternative to Thread.current, to avoid bugs in threaded server implementations. RequestStore supports Rails 3+ out-of-the-box, but can be configured for use in Rails 2.x and non-Rails environments.
There are three methods to install ruby-request-store 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-request-store 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-request-store using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-request-store
Install ruby-request-store Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-request-store using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-request-store
Install ruby-request-store 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-request-store using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-request-store
How To Uninstall ruby-request-store on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ruby-request-store package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-request-store
Uninstall ruby-request-store And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-request-store and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-request-store
Remove ruby-request-store Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-request-store configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-request-store
Remove ruby-request-store configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-request-store configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-request-store
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-request-store package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
