How to Install and Uninstall ruby Package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Last updated: May 12,2024

1. Install "ruby" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install ruby on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "ruby" package

This guide let you learn how to uninstall ruby on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the ruby package on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)

Package: ruby
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:2.5.1
Multi-Arch: allowed
Priority: optional
Section: interpreters
Source: ruby-defaults
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Antonio Terceiro
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 37
Provides: irb, rdoc, rubygems
Depends: ruby2.5
Suggests: ri, ruby-dev
Conflicts: ruby-activesupport-2.3, ruby-activesupport-3.2
Breaks: apt-listbugs (<< 0.1.6), rbenv (<= 0.4.0-1), ruby-debian (<< 0.3.8+b3), ruby-switch (<= 0.1.0)
Replaces: irb, rdoc, rubygems
Filename: pool/main/r/ruby-defaults/ruby_2.5.1_amd64.deb
Size: 5712
MD5sum: 4fbbfcf2431190a889f2430ffd017110
SHA1: 2b56994915b61fe6009613e0b879d9de16699206
SHA256: b01fd79a656f1e36542d1dd1046713ffb2d5f29902e433d06884333fcb151488
Homepage: http://www.ruby-lang.org/
Description: Interpreter of object-oriented scripting language Ruby (default version)
Description-md5: 9b1885fba57cb2974ce14902f85d3e27
Task: kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full
Supported: 5y