How To Install ruby-will-paginate on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-will-paginate on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ruby-will-paginate
ruby-will-paginate is:
The will_paginate library provides a simple, yet powerful and extensible API for pagination and rendering of pagination links in ActionView templates.
Pagination is just limiting the number of records displayed, showing a subset of them at any given view, and allowing you to move the displayed window. This plugin makes the whole process a breeze.
Although this package is aimed at being used from the Ruby on Rails framework, any Enumerable class can include WillPaginate, giving it this functionality.
There are three methods to install ruby-will-paginate 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-will-paginate 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-will-paginate using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-will-paginate
Install ruby-will-paginate Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-will-paginate using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-will-paginate
Install ruby-will-paginate 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-will-paginate using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-will-paginate
How To Uninstall ruby-will-paginate on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ruby-will-paginate package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-will-paginate
Uninstall ruby-will-paginate And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-will-paginate and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-will-paginate
Remove ruby-will-paginate Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-will-paginate configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-will-paginate
Remove ruby-will-paginate configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-will-paginate configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-will-paginate
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-will-paginate package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
