How To Install ruby-serialport on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-serialport
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is ruby-serialport
ruby-serialport is:
This library provides an API for Ruby to control RS-232 serial ports, and check and set the current state of the signals on the serial line.
There are three methods to install ruby-serialport
on Ubuntu 22.04. 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-serialport 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-serialport
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-serialport
Install ruby-serialport Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-serialport
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-serialport
Install ruby-serialport 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-serialport
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-serialport
How To Uninstall ruby-serialport on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the ruby-serialport
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-serialport
Uninstall ruby-serialport And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-serialport
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-serialport
Remove ruby-serialport Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-serialport
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-serialport
Remove ruby-serialport configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-serialport
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-serialport
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-serialport
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.