How To Install rubygems-integration on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install rubygems-integration on Ubuntu 20.04. rubygems-integration is integration of Debian Ruby packages with Rubygems

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install rubygems-integration on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is rubygems-integration

rubygems-integration is:

rubygems-integration makes Debian Ruby packages recognizable by Rubygems. Debian Ruby packages may be used to satisfy Rubygems dependencies both with plain Rubygems and with Bundler. This also allows one to use Debian Ruby packages to satisfy dependencies in Rails 3 applications. Task: ubuntu-budgie-desktop

There are three methods to install rubygems-integration 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 rubygems-integration Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install rubygems-integration using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install rubygems-integration

Install rubygems-integration Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install rubygems-integration

Install rubygems-integration 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 rubygems-integration using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install rubygems-integration

How To Uninstall rubygems-integration on Ubuntu 20.04

To uninstall only the rubygems-integration package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove rubygems-integration

Uninstall rubygems-integration And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove rubygems-integration

Remove rubygems-integration Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge rubygems-integration

Remove rubygems-integration configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge rubygems-integration

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Summary

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