How To Install ruby-web-console on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-web-console on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ruby-web-console
ruby-web-console is:
The web console allows you to create an interactive Ruby session in your browser. Those sessions are launched automatically in case on an error, but they can also be launched manually in any page.
web-console is meant a debugging tool for Rails applications in development environments.
There are three methods to install ruby-web-console 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-web-console 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-web-console using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-web-console
Install ruby-web-console Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-web-console using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-web-console
Install ruby-web-console 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-web-console using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-web-console
How To Uninstall ruby-web-console on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ruby-web-console package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-web-console
Uninstall ruby-web-console And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-web-console and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-web-console
Remove ruby-web-console Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-web-console configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-web-console
Remove ruby-web-console configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-web-console configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-web-console
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-web-console package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
