How To Install ruby-sham-rack on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-sham-rack on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ruby-sham-rack
ruby-sham-rack is:
ShamRack plumbs Net::HTTP directly into Rack, for quick and easy HTTP testing.
Well, it makes it easy to stub out external (HTTP) services, which is handy in development and testing environments, or when you want to test your HTTP client code.
You can also use it to test your Rack application (or Sinatra, or Rails, or Merb) using a variety of HTTP client libraries, to check interoperability.
There are three methods to install ruby-sham-rack 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-sham-rack 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-sham-rack using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-sham-rack
Install ruby-sham-rack Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-sham-rack using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-sham-rack
Install ruby-sham-rack 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-sham-rack using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-sham-rack
How To Uninstall ruby-sham-rack on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ruby-sham-rack package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-sham-rack
Uninstall ruby-sham-rack And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-sham-rack and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-sham-rack
Remove ruby-sham-rack Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-sham-rack configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-sham-rack
Remove ruby-sham-rack configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-sham-rack configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-sham-rack
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-sham-rack package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
