How to Install and Uninstall ruby-mecab Package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Last updated: May 22,2024

1. Install "ruby-mecab" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install ruby-mecab on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

$ sudo apt update $ sudo apt install ruby-mecab

2. Uninstall "ruby-mecab" package

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall ruby-mecab on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla):

$ sudo apt remove ruby-mecab $ sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove

3. Information about the ruby-mecab package on Ubuntu 20.10 (Groovy Gorilla)

Package: ruby-mecab
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.996-14
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: universe/ruby
Source: mecab
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Natural Language Processing (Japanese)
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 118
Depends: libc6 (>= 2.14), libgcc-s1 (>= 3.0), libmecab2 (>= 0.996), libstdc++6 (>= 5), libruby2.7 (>= 2.7.0~preview2), ruby (>= 1:2.7~0), ruby (<< 1:2.8~)
Filename: pool/universe/m/mecab/ruby-mecab_0.996-14_amd64.deb
Size: 26616
MD5sum: 755ef4bee0480d5c462ad11a4fe49ee6
SHA1: 8429a319f1f2bbb9a36772f53c0ede21b3da771e
SHA256: cb9b6d97bdda6da1c0cfc1a4def4a8f44dd6305b021b78cad86bf79990485ddf
SHA512: be6458eb50013373f2481a7fcf90519ee4bea87f0fc565d88296f33602a3fe45acd0ada1e52c4e13f90a111bddb234e722588e6f3eed1ba5750bb37e2bf91ceb
Homepage: https://taku910.github.io/mecab/
Description-en: Mecab binding for Ruby language
Mecab is a Japanese morphological analysis system.
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ruby-mecab is its binding for Ruby language.
Description-md5: aa45d8c9aa8f702eeb47a8a5f98a786e
Ruby-Versions: ruby2.7