How To Install ruby-railties on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-railties on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is ruby-railties
ruby-railties is:
This package contains the Rails internals, i.e. components that implement and/or control application bootup, plugins, generators, and rake tasks. Ruby-Versions: all
There are three methods to install ruby-railties 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-railties 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-railties using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-railties
Install ruby-railties Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-railties using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-railties
Install ruby-railties 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-railties using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-railties
How To Uninstall ruby-railties on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the ruby-railties package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-railties
Uninstall ruby-railties And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-railties and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-railties
Remove ruby-railties Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-railties configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-railties
Remove ruby-railties configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-railties configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-railties
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-railties package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
