How to Install and Uninstall libruby Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: April 30,2024

1. Install "libruby" package

Here is a brief guide to show you how to install libruby on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                libruby
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "libruby" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to uninstall libruby on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                libruby
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libruby package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: libruby
Priority: optional
Section: universe/libs
Installed-Size: 16
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Antonio Terceiro
Architecture: all
Source: ruby-defaults
Version: 1:2.3.0+1
Depends: libruby2.3
Filename: pool/universe/r/ruby-defaults/libruby_2.3.0+1_all.deb
Size: 4236
MD5sum: adc185b47f34648b4834fc09bbfc1c28
SHA1: eb0847ef9b3b7dc53793a1cf9cdee243c9075e68
SHA256: ca81119b0a21a94be771077d2c25d0e67771d6d4944e6b57783cc3570de67b26
Description-en: Libraries necessary to run Ruby
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 includes the 'libruby' library, necessary to run Ruby.
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This package is a dependency package, which depends on Debian's default Ruby
version (currently v2.3).
Description-md5: 0ad8ff8ed89972b927bd67d1440fc7c6
Homepage: http://www.ruby-lang.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu