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

Last updated: January 23,2025

1. Install "ruby-listen" package

Please follow the guidelines below to install ruby-listen on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

This is a short guide on how to uninstall ruby-listen on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


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

Package: ruby-listen
Priority: optional
Section: universe/ruby
Installed-Size: 106
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Ruby Extras Maintainers
Architecture: all
Version: 3.0.3-3
Depends: ruby | ruby-interpreter, ruby-rb-inotify (>= 0.9)
Filename: pool/universe/r/ruby-listen/ruby-listen_3.0.3-3_all.deb
Size: 25262
MD5sum: 17599a4980292f2208c000a1c8bc3980
SHA1: 549400df2a40da761890f739016dd703e6aede49
SHA256: 07e2f63c15aca5de5e5114613e17fa07be9adba4deb741a39e27dd7cea0f8a35
Description-en: Ruby library listening to file modifications
This Ruby library listens to file modifications and notifies you about the
changes.
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It detects file modification, addition and removal, and supports multiple
directories from a single listener. It uses checksum comparison for
modifications made under the same second, and allows supplying regexp-patterns
to ignore and filter paths for better results.
Description-md5: 05d88119d5a5ade6eb916b9d6a9949ba
Homepage: https://github.com/guard/listen
Ruby-Versions: all
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu