How To Install ruby-unicode on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-unicode on Ubuntu 20.04. ruby-unicode is Unicode string manipulation library for Ruby

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-unicode on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is ruby-unicode

ruby-unicode is:

This library includes functionality for Unicode string manipulation.

This library is based on UAX #15 Unicode Normalization Forms.

http://www.unicode.org/unicode/reports/tr15/ Ruby-Versions: ruby2.7

There are three methods to install ruby-unicode 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-unicode 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 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ruby-unicode

Install ruby-unicode Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ruby-unicode using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ruby-unicode

Install ruby-unicode 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 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ruby-unicode

How To Uninstall ruby-unicode on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the ruby-unicode package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ruby-unicode

Uninstall ruby-unicode And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ruby-unicode and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-unicode

Remove ruby-unicode Configurations and Data

To remove ruby-unicode configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-unicode

Remove ruby-unicode configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ruby-unicode configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-unicode

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-unicode package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.