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

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "ruby" package

Please follow the guidance below to install ruby on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

Please follow the guidance below to uninstall ruby on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: ruby
Priority: optional
Section: interpreters
Installed-Size: 36
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Antonio Terceiro
Architecture: all
Source: ruby-defaults
Version: 1:2.3.0+1
Replaces: irb, rdoc, rubygems
Provides: irb, rdoc, rubygems
Depends: ruby2.3
Suggests: ri, ruby-dev
Conflicts: ruby-activesupport-2.3, ruby-activesupport-3.2
Breaks: apt-listbugs (<< 0.1.6), rbenv (<= 0.4.0-1), ruby-debian (<< 0.3.8+b3), ruby-switch (<= 0.1.0)
Filename: pool/main/r/ruby-defaults/ruby_2.3.0+1_all.deb
Size: 5530
MD5sum: da532a3b540c86b75e53271dcc5e9084
SHA1: 08927ac768f3d922884df2b0b6aa49b9372b03f5
SHA256: 5bf2907339443b092800e1b471612f8024c015434bdd14aa1dcae2a39b9bd7a9
Description-en: Interpreter of object-oriented scripting language 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 is a dependency package, which depends on Debian's default Ruby
version (currently v2.3).
Description-md5: 9d5a30084f79740130777ebb18a9beb9
Homepage: http://www.ruby-lang.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 5y
Task: kubuntu-desktop, kubuntu-full, edubuntu-desktop-gnome, ubuntustudio-fonts