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

Last updated: December 24,2024

1. Install "ruby-yajl" package

This tutorial shows how to install ruby-yajl on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


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

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


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

Package: ruby-yajl
Priority: optional
Section: universe/ruby
Installed-Size: 135
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Ruby Extras Maintainers
Architecture: amd64
Version: 1.2.0-3build4
Replaces: libyajl-ruby
Depends: ruby (>= 1:2.3~0), libc6 (>= 2.14), libruby2.3 (>= 2.3.0~preview2)
Conflicts: libyajl-ruby
Filename: pool/universe/r/ruby-yajl/ruby-yajl_1.2.0-3build4_amd64.deb
Size: 34510
MD5sum: 34cb77fd9f9f2dea3a0ec500f9596b96
SHA1: 2106fe0cd815f075dc116336500aec30b35e5303
SHA256: edd18b016a86870508f3778b76eb8830056244cb54d8f694d9c851bc85fc46e8
Description-en: Ruby interface to Yajl, a JSON stream-based parser library
Supported features include,
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JSON parsing and encoding directly to and from an IO stream
(file, socket, etc) or String. Compressed stream parsing and
encoding supported for Bzip2, Gzip and Deflate.
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Parse and encode *multiple* JSON objects to and from streams or strings
continuously.
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JSON gem compatibility API - allows yajl-ruby to be used as a drop-in
replacement for the JSON gem
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Basic HTTP client (only GET requests supported for now) which parses JSON
directly off the response body *as it's being received*
Description-md5: 817206f479b7cfc790e117a7a32081e3
Homepage: http://github.com/brianmario/yajl-ruby
Ruby-Versions: ruby2.3
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu