How To Install ruby-timecop on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-timecop on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ruby-timecop
ruby-timecop is:
Timecop makes it easy to travel through or freeze time for creating a predictable and ultimately testable scenario.
It is a wrapper class for manipulating the extensions to the Time, Date, and DateTime objects. It avoids overloading of functions with optional arguments while writing test cases. It is possible to nest multiple calls to Timecop.travel and Timecop.freeze, with each block maintaining concept of “now”. Having no dependencies, it works with regular Ruby projects and Ruby on Rails projects.
There are three methods to install ruby-timecop 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-timecop 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-timecop using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-timecop
Install ruby-timecop Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-timecop using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-timecop
Install ruby-timecop 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-timecop using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-timecop
How To Uninstall ruby-timecop on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ruby-timecop package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-timecop
Uninstall ruby-timecop And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-timecop and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-timecop
Remove ruby-timecop Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-timecop configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-timecop
Remove ruby-timecop configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-timecop configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-timecop
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-timecop package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
