How can I uninstall Ruby on ubuntu? - ruby-on-rails

Question

How can I uninstall Ruby 1.9.2dev (2010-07-02) [i486-linux]
on ubuntu?
Need to reinstall - please help

Answer 1

Run the following command from your terminal:
sudo apt-get purge ruby
Usually works well for me.
(caution: this can delete essential system files related to GRUB and other components)

Answer 2

This command should do the trick (provided that you installed it using a dpkg-based packet manager):
aptitude purge ruby

Answer 3

At first find out where ruby is?
then
rm -rf /usr/local/lib/ruby
rm -rf /usr/lib/ruby
rm -f /usr/local/bin/ruby
rm -f /usr/bin/ruby
rm -f /usr/local/bin/irb
rm -f /usr/bin/irb
rm -f /usr/local/bin/gem
rm -f /usr/bin/gem

Answer 4

I have tried many include sudo apt-get purge ruby , sudo apt-get remove ruby and sudo aptitude purge ruby, both with and without '*' at the end. But none of them worked, it may be I've installed more than one version of ruby.
Finally, when I tried sudo apt-get purge ruby1.9(with the version), then it works.

Answer 5

Run the following command on the terminal:
sudo apt-get autoremove ruby

Answer 6

Here is what sudo apt-get purge ruby* removed relating to GRUB for me:
grub-pc
grub-gfxpayload-lists
grub2-common
grub-pc-bin
grub-common

Answer 7

On Lubuntu, I just tried apt-get purge ruby* and as well as removing ruby, it looks like this command tried to remove various things to do with GRUB, which is a bit worrying for next time I want to reboot my computer. I can't yet say if any damage has really been done.

Answer 8

If you used rbenv to install it, you can use
rbenv versions
to see which versions you have installed.
Then, use the uninstall command:
rbenv uninstall [-f|--force] <version>
for example:
rbenv uninstall 2.4.0 # Uninstall Ruby 2.4.0
If you installed Rails, it will be removed, too.

Answer 9

Why you are removing old version of the ruby?
rvm install 2.4.2 // version of ruby u need to insatll
rvm use 2.4.2 --default // set ruby version you want use by default
Using rvm you can install multiple ruby version in the system
Please follow below steps install ruby using rvm
sudo apt-get install libgdbm-dev libncurses5-dev automake libtool bison libffi-dev
gpg --keyserver hkp://keys.gnupg.net --recv-keys 409B6B1796C275462A1703113804BB82D39DC0E3
curl -sSL https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable
source ~/.rvm/scripts/rvm
rvm install 2.4.2
rvm use 2.4.2 --default
ruby -v
The installation step will change for different Ubuntu version
For more info,
https://gorails.com/setup/ubuntu/14.04

Answer 10

You can use sudo apt remove ruby

Answer 11

Uninstall the make install software when make uninstall invalid.
make install will create file '.installed.list'
Choose to clean up the files described in .installed.list (need to be careful if you have multiple versions)
Case: ruby2.4 switch to ruby2.3, thinking directly delete all ruby software, and then re-make install 2.3, see: Ruby # Installation Guide
make install -> .installed.list
see .installed.list file, delete all install files.
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rm -rf /usr/local/include/ruby-*
rm -rf /usr/local/lib/ruby
rm /usr/local/bin/erb /usr/local/bin/gem /usr/local/bin/irb /usr/local/bin/rdoc /usr/local/bin/ri /usr/local/bin/ruby
rm /usr/local/share/man/man1/erb.1 /usr/local/share/man/man1/irb.1 /usr/local/share/man/man1/ri.1 /usr/local/share/man/man1/ruby.1
rm /usr/local/lib/libruby-static.a
rm -rf /usr/local/lib/pkgconfig/ruby-*
which ruby
pkg-config --list-all|grep ruby