How To Install ruby-shellany on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-shellany on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ruby-shellany
ruby-shellany is:
Shellany captures command output with several features:
- portability (should work on recent JRuby versions)
- capturing stdout, stderr in a convenient way
- returning the result in a convenient way
- detecting if a shell is needed (though incomplete/primitive implementation)
- prevents running the same command multiple times
There are three methods to install ruby-shellany 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-shellany 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-shellany using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-shellany
Install ruby-shellany Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-shellany using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-shellany
Install ruby-shellany 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-shellany using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-shellany
How To Uninstall ruby-shellany on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ruby-shellany package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-shellany
Uninstall ruby-shellany And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-shellany and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-shellany
Remove ruby-shellany Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-shellany configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-shellany
Remove ruby-shellany configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-shellany configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-shellany
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-shellany package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
