How To Install ruby-specinfra on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-specinfra on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ruby-specinfra
ruby-specinfra is:
This package is backend library for ruby-serverspec, which was extracted from serverspec for further abstracction, intended to be used by another configuration management tools.
There are three methods to install ruby-specinfra 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-specinfra 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-specinfra using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-specinfra
Install ruby-specinfra Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-specinfra using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-specinfra
Install ruby-specinfra 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-specinfra using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-specinfra
How To Uninstall ruby-specinfra on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ruby-specinfra package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-specinfra
Uninstall ruby-specinfra And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-specinfra and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-specinfra
Remove ruby-specinfra Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-specinfra configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-specinfra
Remove ruby-specinfra configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-specinfra configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-specinfra
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-specinfra package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
