How To Install ruby-xml-simple on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-xml-simple on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ruby-xml-simple
ruby-xml-simple is:
Class XmlSimple offers an easy API to read and write XML. It is a Ruby translation of Grant McLean’s Perl module XML::Simple. Simply put, it automatically converts XML documents into a Ruby hash.
There are three methods to install ruby-xml-simple 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-xml-simple 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-xml-simple using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-xml-simple
Install ruby-xml-simple Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-xml-simple using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-xml-simple
Install ruby-xml-simple 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-xml-simple using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-xml-simple
How To Uninstall ruby-xml-simple on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ruby-xml-simple package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-xml-simple
Uninstall ruby-xml-simple And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-xml-simple and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-xml-simple
Remove ruby-xml-simple Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-xml-simple configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-xml-simple
Remove ruby-xml-simple configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-xml-simple configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-xml-simple
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-xml-simple package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
