How to Install and Uninstall ruby-dev Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: December 23,2024

1. Install "ruby-dev" package

Learn how to install ruby-dev on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

Here is a brief guide to show you how to uninstall ruby-dev on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                ruby-dev
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the ruby-dev package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: ruby-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:2.7+2build1
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: optional
Section: devel
Source: ruby-defaults
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Ruby Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 23
Depends: ruby2.7-dev
Filename: pool/main/r/ruby-defaults/ruby-dev_2.7+2build1_amd64.deb
Size: 4524
MD5sum: bbe7fd451803f8c9c755b1862c173fa5
SHA1: 309a7010bbdfa91d4f09aa94fa3ee54f60b366f0
SHA256: 647022e5f5bcefd02b4a5ac729c70489436c8fb7fe9b3ff275d1fd3c0ef21a0a
SHA512: 9e69b8f8ea229d288e11e52b76a4bd2923a67369e6f1efe8637d0af7de37468b91609aa7de8da77c53be11d4529c32fffa217ea1736cbe515d75b28a75d9adac
Homepage: https://www.ruby-lang.org/
Description-en: Header files for compiling extension modules for Ruby (default version)
Ruby is the interpreted scripting language for quick and easy
object-oriented programming. It has many features to process text
files and to do system management tasks (as in perl). It is simple,
straight-forward, and extensible.
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This package contains the header files and the mkmf library, necessary
to make extension library for Ruby. It is also required to build
many gems.
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This package is a dependency package, which depends on Debian's default Ruby
version (currently v2.7).
Description-md5: 198959771090d0c0f35e3376a35be299