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

Last updated: February 17,2025

1. Install "ruby-pkg-config" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install ruby-pkg-config on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "ruby-pkg-config" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall ruby-pkg-config on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver):


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

Package: ruby-pkg-config
Architecture: all
Version: 1.2.9-1
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: universe/ruby
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Ruby Extras Maintainers
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 37
Depends: ruby | ruby-interpreter
Filename: pool/universe/r/ruby-pkg-config/ruby-pkg-config_1.2.9-1_all.deb
Size: 8056
MD5sum: abd58a5b64ce76b790d69f7a8f81907b
SHA1: cc813d31ff2dcd933b92572e6905afe5375ef203
SHA256: 649ee15b7ef87f9b813fb7243bf721ea0e5d6a0ae606941af24875812a39f0e7
Homepage: https://github.com/ruby-gnome2/pkg-config
Description: pkg-config implementation for Ruby
Description-md5: f93692d699df7cbc7e10c44a6f9f4c75
Ruby-Versions: all