How to Install and Uninstall ruby Package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Last updated: December 23,2024

You can also install and uninstall the ruby on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Ubuntu system

Kubuntu 22.04 LTS
Lubuntu 22.04 LTS
Xubuntu 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu MATE 22.04 LTS
Ubuntu Studio 22.04 LTS
Pop!_OS 22.04 LTS
Zorin OS 16 / Zorin OS 17
Ubuntu Budgie 22.04

1. Install "ruby" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install ruby on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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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 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish):


    
        
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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 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: ruby
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1:3.0~exp1
Multi-Arch: allowed
Priority: optional
Section: interpreters
Source: ruby-defaults
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Ruby Team
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 35
Provides: irb, rdoc, rubygems
Depends: ruby3.0, ruby-rubygems
Suggests: ri, ruby-dev
Conflicts: ruby-activesupport-2.3, ruby-activesupport-3.2
Breaks: ruby-bootsnap (<< 1.4.6-1), ruby-switch (<= 0.1.0)
Replaces: irb, rdoc, rubygems
Filename: pool/main/r/ruby-defaults/ruby_3.0~exp1_amd64.deb
Size: 5100
MD5sum: daf35d7b5e1d59776df072f3a0cfc94d
SHA1: 61122cafb569c06fe4041f76bd9114b155893a65
SHA256: 4debc89c7666f1e9356201bfb7edbd5476d2e236f0dad6099bc4144832cc6763
SHA512: 2fff74108dd6fd598c3ec3bdd67b737b697dda2b78f20ade33baf5e308d56f5e001e8d669d63000916db6c36a926d2227d381aedc40911862ed6a554e75a1c70
Homepage: https://www.ruby-lang.org/
Description: Interpreter of object-oriented scripting language Ruby (default version)
Description-md5: 4f5fee568e2def2f1096758ffd17648f
Task: ubuntu-budgie-desktop, ubuntu-budgie-desktop-raspi