How To Install ripper on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install ripper on Debian 9. ripper is scrape licenses out of files

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ripper on Debian 9.

What is ripper

ripper is:

Ripper inspect source files and show the license if it found. It support directories, files or URI repositories as argument.

This package provides command-line to use alone or embbed in others programs.

There are three methods to install ripper on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install ripper Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install ripper using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ripper

Install ripper Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ripper using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ripper

Install ripper Using aptitude

If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install ripper using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ripper

How To Uninstall ripper on Debian 9

To uninstall only the ripper package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ripper

Uninstall ripper And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ripper and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ripper

Remove ripper Configurations and Data

To remove ripper configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ripper

Remove ripper configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ripper configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ripper

Dependencies

ripper have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ripper package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.