How To Install licenseutils on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install licenseutils on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is licenseutils
licenseutils is:
licenseutils is for creating copyright and license notices at the beginning of source code files. It can be difficult to put copyright and license notices in a collection of source code files. This software will help you accomplish this in a standard-looking way, for a variety of different programming languages.
licenseutils consists of a program called licensing', a bash-like shell called lu-sh’, and a wrapper `notice'.
There are three methods to install licenseutils on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install licenseutils Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install licenseutils using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install licenseutils
Install licenseutils Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install licenseutils using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install licenseutils
Install licenseutils 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 licenseutils using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install licenseutils
How To Uninstall licenseutils on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the licenseutils package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove licenseutils
Uninstall licenseutils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall licenseutils and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove licenseutils
Remove licenseutils Configurations and Data
To remove licenseutils configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge licenseutils
Remove licenseutils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove licenseutils configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge licenseutils
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install licenseutils package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.