How To Install ruby-spider on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-spider on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ruby-spider
ruby-spider is:
spider handles the robots.txt, scraping, collecting and looping so that you can just handle the data.
spider is useful to applications that need gather data from web sites.
There are three methods to install ruby-spider 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-spider 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-spider using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-spider
Install ruby-spider Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-spider using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-spider
Install ruby-spider 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-spider using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-spider
How To Uninstall ruby-spider on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ruby-spider package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-spider
Uninstall ruby-spider And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-spider and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-spider
Remove ruby-spider Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-spider configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-spider
Remove ruby-spider configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-spider configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-spider
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-spider package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
