How To Install ruby-rspec-puppet-facts on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-rspec-puppet-facts on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is ruby-rspec-puppet-facts
ruby-rspec-puppet-facts is:
With this library, simplify your unit tests by looping on every supported Operating System and populating facts (provided by facterdb). This simplifies unit testing because you don’t need to specify the facts yourself.
This library is very useful for writing tests with rspec-puppet when working on a puppet module. It also makes it very fast to setup a CI environment for your modules.
There are three methods to install ruby-rspec-puppet-facts on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install ruby-rspec-puppet-facts Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-rspec-puppet-facts using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-rspec-puppet-facts
Install ruby-rspec-puppet-facts Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-rspec-puppet-facts using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-rspec-puppet-facts
Install ruby-rspec-puppet-facts 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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-rspec-puppet-facts using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-rspec-puppet-facts
How To Uninstall ruby-rspec-puppet-facts on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the ruby-rspec-puppet-facts package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-rspec-puppet-facts
Uninstall ruby-rspec-puppet-facts And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-rspec-puppet-facts and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-rspec-puppet-facts
Remove ruby-rspec-puppet-facts Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-rspec-puppet-facts configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-rspec-puppet-facts
Remove ruby-rspec-puppet-facts configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-rspec-puppet-facts configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-rspec-puppet-facts
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-rspec-puppet-facts package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
