How To Install ruby-simplecov on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-simplecov on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ruby-simplecov
ruby-simplecov is:
Code coverage for Ruby 1.9 with a powerful configuration library and automatic merging of coverage across test suites.
It uses 1.9’s built-in Coverage library to gather code coverage data, but makes processing its results much easier by providing a clean API to filter, group, merge, format and display those results, thus giving you a complete code coverage suite that can be set up with just a couple lines of code.
There are three methods to install ruby-simplecov 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-simplecov 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-simplecov using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-simplecov
Install ruby-simplecov Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-simplecov using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-simplecov
Install ruby-simplecov 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-simplecov using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-simplecov
How To Uninstall ruby-simplecov on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ruby-simplecov package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-simplecov
Uninstall ruby-simplecov And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-simplecov and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-simplecov
Remove ruby-simplecov Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-simplecov configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-simplecov
Remove ruby-simplecov configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-simplecov configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-simplecov
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-simplecov package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
