How To Install ruby-spdx-licenses on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-spdx-licenses on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is ruby-spdx-licenses
ruby-spdx-licenses is:
This library provides validation and additional data about SPDX licenses and identifiers. It makes it possible to programmatically find out if a license name is a known SPDX identifier and to obtain its longer description, a link to the full license text online and other meta-information about the license.
There are three methods to install ruby-spdx-licenses 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-spdx-licenses 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-spdx-licenses using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-spdx-licenses
Install ruby-spdx-licenses Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-spdx-licenses using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-spdx-licenses
Install ruby-spdx-licenses 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-spdx-licenses using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-spdx-licenses
How To Uninstall ruby-spdx-licenses on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the ruby-spdx-licenses package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-spdx-licenses
Uninstall ruby-spdx-licenses And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-spdx-licenses and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-spdx-licenses
Remove ruby-spdx-licenses Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-spdx-licenses configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-spdx-licenses
Remove ruby-spdx-licenses configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-spdx-licenses configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-spdx-licenses
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-spdx-licenses package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
