How To Install ruby-twitter on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-twitter
on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is ruby-twitter
ruby-twitter is:
This ruby library provides a convenient access to the Twitter API. This provides comprehensive methods to access the API. This library needs only a registration of your application with Twitter. It uses OAuth protocol for interacting with Twitter API. Ruby-Versions: all
There are three methods to install ruby-twitter
on Ubuntu 20.04. 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-twitter 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-twitter
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-twitter
Install ruby-twitter Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-twitter
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-twitter
Install ruby-twitter 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-twitter
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-twitter
How To Uninstall ruby-twitter on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the ruby-twitter
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-twitter
Uninstall ruby-twitter And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-twitter
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-twitter
Remove ruby-twitter Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-twitter
configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-twitter
Remove ruby-twitter configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-twitter
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-twitter
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-twitter
package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.