How To Install ruby-rethtool on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-rethtool on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ruby-rethtool
ruby-rethtool is:
Have you ever needed to get at some details about a network interface from inside a Ruby script, but got stuck trying to parse the output of ethtool? If so, you’re one-in-a-million, but at least you don’t have to write an ethtool parser any more. use Rethtool instead!
At present, Rethtool only supports a couple of things:
- Retrieve various details about the interface (link speed, duplex, etc).
- Determine if the link is currently up or down.
Adding extra SIOCETHTOOL features is relatively straightforward, thanks to cstruct and the base infrastructure already in place.
There are three methods to install ruby-rethtool 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-rethtool 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-rethtool using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-rethtool
Install ruby-rethtool Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-rethtool using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-rethtool
Install ruby-rethtool 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-rethtool using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-rethtool
How To Uninstall ruby-rethtool on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ruby-rethtool package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-rethtool
Uninstall ruby-rethtool And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-rethtool and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-rethtool
Remove ruby-rethtool Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-rethtool configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-rethtool
Remove ruby-rethtool configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-rethtool configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-rethtool
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-rethtool package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
