How To Install ruby-thor on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-thor
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ruby-thor
ruby-thor is:
Thor is a simple and efficient scripting framework for building self-documenting command line utilities.
It can be used to replace rake, sake and rubigen.
There are three methods to install ruby-thor
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-thor 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-thor
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-thor
Install ruby-thor Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-thor
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-thor
Install ruby-thor 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-thor
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-thor
How To Uninstall ruby-thor on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ruby-thor
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-thor
Uninstall ruby-thor And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-thor
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-thor
Remove ruby-thor Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-thor
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-thor
Remove ruby-thor configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-thor
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-thor
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-thor
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.