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

Last updated: May 15,2024

1. Install "ruby-mecab" package

Please follow the steps below to install ruby-mecab on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


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

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall ruby-mecab on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


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

Package: ruby-mecab
Architecture: amd64
Version: 0.996-14build4
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: 114
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_0.996-14build4_amd64.deb
Size: 29552
MD5sum: bdd04a90e73854a89021d1cd38e9c80d
SHA1: 41f9fb550bca94fd639b9b1105727e7216652361
SHA256: 8e8c0582e720a014254555db8048ce8a04b9f3916dbd0239a34e1610a7bda7b1
SHA512: fafd408a9ac50ff049697178230da4f653d9faf6b32f0862390386a9d39a8d1c738fc1dede2cf24af82219835ecf245a655cf19eb168dbd320ba7cae769f5dcd
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