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How to Install Ruby on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS?

Introduction

Ruby is a dynamic, general purpose programming language. It was designed and developed by Yukihiro Matsumoto in mid-1990s.

It is cross-platform and supports multiple programming paradigm to develop application, Its file extension is .rb.

Prerequisites

• Ubuntu
• login as a root user in terminal

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Ruby Installation

We can use APT manager to install ruby. The following command install all the required packages in our system.

Verify Ruby

This command displays the ruby version which indicates that ruby has installed successfully.

Well, we have installed Ruby successfully on Ubuntu operating system.