How To Install ruby-unicode-display-width on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-unicode-display-width on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ruby-unicode-display-width
ruby-unicode-display-width is:
When printed to the screen, the length of the string is usually equal to the number of cells it occupies. However, there are categories of characters that occupy 2 cells (full-wide), and others that occupy 0. This library provides functions similar to wcwidth() and wcswidth() known from C, to determine the monospace display width of a string.
There are three methods to install ruby-unicode-display-width 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-unicode-display-width 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-unicode-display-width using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-unicode-display-width
Install ruby-unicode-display-width Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-unicode-display-width using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-unicode-display-width
Install ruby-unicode-display-width 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-unicode-display-width using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-unicode-display-width
How To Uninstall ruby-unicode-display-width on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ruby-unicode-display-width package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-unicode-display-width
Uninstall ruby-unicode-display-width And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-unicode-display-width and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-unicode-display-width
Remove ruby-unicode-display-width Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-unicode-display-width configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-unicode-display-width
Remove ruby-unicode-display-width configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-unicode-display-width configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-unicode-display-width
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-unicode-display-width package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
