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

Last updated: January 24,2025

You can also install and uninstall the ruby-build 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-build" package

This is a short guide on how to install ruby-build on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "ruby-build" package

Please follow the instructions below to uninstall ruby-build 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-build package on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish)

Package: ruby-build
Architecture: all
Version: 20200401-1build1
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: 563
Depends: build-essential, curl, libreadline6-dev, zlib1g-dev
Recommends: libsqlite3-dev, libssl-dev, libxml2-dev, libxslt-dev, rbenv
Suggests: autoconf, automake, bison, git-core, libtool
Filename: pool/universe/r/ruby-build/ruby-build_20200401-1build1_all.deb
Size: 57016
MD5sum: 375b9a5f0d20034c2eb88654b89d666d
SHA1: 271ac24061bec93b8a6a497d80b2fc5c8efaf4a2
SHA256: aecb2d38ed0489d713a82a7ad95f0de9edc7db943961e1c38f6b672b6fcc12cc
SHA512: 0b4ec2783601271eb30219314c6a3a8c83deed5af48a21fc3a4afed300d4443dcecc610a1278a6c58836705a3f227ef9492893ceb4942376bb547b828de7ccc3
Homepage: https://github.com/rbenv/ruby-build
Description: tool to compile and install different versions of Ruby
Description-md5: 0731da5500a70c528fe548bee5b99e57