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

Last updated: September 20,2024

1. Install "ruby-httpclient" package

This guide let you learn how to install ruby-httpclient on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

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


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

Package: ruby-httpclient
Priority: optional
Section: universe/ruby
Installed-Size: 789
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Ruby Extras Maintainers
Architecture: all
Version: 2.7.1-1ubuntu1
Depends: ruby | ruby-interpreter, ruby-http-cookie (>= 1.0)
Filename: pool/universe/r/ruby-httpclient/ruby-httpclient_2.7.1-1ubuntu1_all.deb
Size: 211850
MD5sum: 137278de690e31bfc5c4c00969765aa6
SHA1: 98bc347c904816b0e98d7749fcabccaea0bd6517
SHA256: 63da99f83fde55349047a8a32754310c571a0e84d77816369162f3c0d487f83d
Description-en: HTTP client library for ruby
httpclient gives something like the functionality of
libwww-perl (LWP) in Ruby.
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Features:
* methods like GET/HEAD/POST/* via HTTP/1.1.
* HTTPS(SSL), Cookies, proxy, authentication(Digest, NTLM, Basic), etc.
* asynchronous HTTP request, streaming HTTP request.
* by contrast with net/http in standard distribution;
o Cookies support
o MT-safe
o streaming POST (POST with File/IO)
o Digest auth
o Negotiate/NTLM auth for WWW-Authenticate (requires net/htlm module)
o NTLM auth for WWW-Authenticate/Proxy-Authenticate (requires
win32/sspi module)
o extensible with filter interface
o you don't have to care HTTP/1.1 persistent connection (httpclient
cares instead of you).
Description-md5: 64e2660dc5aaae810fa1d3a9ffed0eba
Homepage: https://github.com/nahi/httpclient
Ruby-Versions: all
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu