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

Last updated: May 10,2024

1. Install "ruby-gir-ffi" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to install ruby-gir-ffi on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                ruby-gir-ffi
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "ruby-gir-ffi" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall ruby-gir-ffi on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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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-gir-ffi package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: ruby-gir-ffi
Priority: optional
Section: universe/ruby
Installed-Size: 324
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Ruby Extras Maintainers
Architecture: all
Version: 0.9.0-2
Depends: libgirepository-1.0-1, libglib2.0-dev, ruby | ruby-interpreter, ruby-ffi, ruby-indentation
Suggests: gir1.2-glib-2.0, gir1.2-gtk-3.0, gir1.2-webkit-1.0
Filename: pool/universe/r/ruby-gir-ffi/ruby-gir-ffi_0.9.0-2_all.deb
Size: 47890
MD5sum: 143472738d0988f564651463cc38c374
SHA1: ea5a0eea8acd9ba580cbfb0633882d1e25869d93
SHA256: b68b37201c3fd20dabe4120910c2dedc8760fc055335d3249e23dbed2bb5b99c
Description-en: FFI-based GObject binding using the GObject Introspection Repository
GObject is an abstraction layer that allows programming
with an object paradigm that is compatible with many
languages.
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This package contains the dynamic Ruby binding generator
for libraries that support gobject-introspection, i. e.
which ship a gir1.2-- package. With these
packages, the libraries can be used from Ruby.
Description-md5: 966a86a15807bf202d6245ba31d9bad7
Homepage: http://www.github.com/mvz/ruby-gir-ffi
Ruby-Versions: all
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu