How To Install ruby-responders on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-responders on Ubuntu 18.04. ruby-responders is set of Rails responders to dry up your application

Introduction

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

What is ruby-responders

ruby-responders is:

A set of Rails responders to dry up your application. Responders is a repository of Rails 3 responders like FlashResponder, HttpCacheResponder. The readme file can be found at /usr/share/doc/ruby-responders/README.md.gz

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

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-responders

Install ruby-responders Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install ruby-responders

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

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-responders

How To Uninstall ruby-responders on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove ruby-responders

Uninstall ruby-responders And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-responders

Remove ruby-responders Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-responders

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

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

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

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Summary

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