How To Install ruby-thread-safe on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-thread-safe on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ruby-thread-safe
ruby-thread-safe is:
This Ruby library contains a collection of data structures providing thread-safe versions of arrays and hashes. These data structures lock against the objects themselves for every method call, ensuring only one thread can be reading or writing at a time.
These data structures as well as the utilities contained in this library make thread-safe programming in Ruby easier.
There are three methods to install ruby-thread-safe 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-thread-safe 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-thread-safe using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-thread-safe
Install ruby-thread-safe Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-thread-safe using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-thread-safe
Install ruby-thread-safe 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-thread-safe using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-thread-safe
How To Uninstall ruby-thread-safe on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ruby-thread-safe package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-thread-safe
Uninstall ruby-thread-safe And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-thread-safe and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-thread-safe
Remove ruby-thread-safe Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-thread-safe configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-thread-safe
Remove ruby-thread-safe configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-thread-safe configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-thread-safe
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-thread-safe package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
