How to Install and Uninstall ruby2.3-dev Package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Last updated: May 22,2024

1. Install "ruby2.3-dev" package

This is a short guide on how to install ruby2.3-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)


    
        
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                ruby2.3-dev
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "ruby2.3-dev" package

This guide covers the steps necessary to uninstall ruby2.3-dev on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus):


    
        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the ruby2.3-dev package on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

Package: ruby2.3-dev
Architecture: amd64
Version: 2.3.1-2~ubuntu16.04.16
Multi-Arch: same
Priority: extra
Section: ruby
Source: ruby2.3
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Antonio Terceiro
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 4688
Depends: libgmp-dev, libruby2.3 (= 2.3.1-2~ubuntu16.04.16)
Filename: pool/main/r/ruby2.3/ruby2.3-dev_2.3.1-2~ubuntu16.04.16_amd64.deb
Size: 1033650
MD5sum: d5a73a1ddedbac02603fbb5a614c0dfc
SHA1: 3230853ba3ca640fcc57d6b96ff825c5f1cd5b9a
SHA256: f1e099cd4262fdfd8ed1e385948d1432fcd4d69ce4d50ad3bfe4a8d2366700c9
SHA512: 1f400eddad4b2b63bc5841ddbeb08afcd0ad4a0e45cc65bfa55b87430058083361d12b7ffe64c7e7d55d7d8804039e940a7221f40a60562cfa0b7111ac5d8587
Homepage: http://www.ruby-lang.org/
Description-en: Header files for compiling extension modules for the Ruby 2.3
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.
.
This package contains the header files and the mkmf library, necessary
to make extension library for Ruby 2.3. It is also required to build
many gems.
Description-md5: b6ecd9d77588a4bc24929643b0e4072e
Supported: 5y

Package: ruby2.3-dev
Priority: extra
Section: ruby
Installed-Size: 4687
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Antonio Terceiro
Architecture: amd64
Source: ruby2.3
Version: 2.3.0-5ubuntu1
Depends: libgmp-dev, libruby2.3 (= 2.3.0-5ubuntu1)
Filename: pool/main/r/ruby2.3/ruby2.3-dev_2.3.0-5ubuntu1_amd64.deb
Size: 1034044
MD5sum: e812c634315c69af22ead7a892efb198
SHA1: ee66495f9a05152e7e6723893c2b0639b8607f09
SHA256: 518eb6ed15bdc82d6b316c6502984c1a8e31f4b10542359bf1610dbaf496f0e2
Description-en: Header files for compiling extension modules for the Ruby 2.3
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.
.
This package contains the header files and the mkmf library, necessary
to make extension library for Ruby 2.3. It is also required to build
many gems.
Description-md5: b6ecd9d77588a4bc24929643b0e4072e
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: http://www.ruby-lang.org/
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Origin: Ubuntu
Supported: 9m