How To Install metadata-json-lint on Kali Linux
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install metadata-json-lint on Kali Linux.
What is metadata-json-lint
metadata-json-lint is:
This tool lets users verify that a file in Puppet modules, metadata.json, conforms to the format that it is expected to have.
The metadata.json file is used when publishing a module to the public module repository on forge.puppet.com, or to a private module forge. With this information, you can expose dependencies to other modules, set Puppet version requirements and expose the module’s license, author and other such metadata.
metadata-json-lint can be used directly, or it can be used through puppet-development-kit.
There are three methods to install metadata-json-lint on Kali Linux. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install metadata-json-lint Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get updateAfter updating apt database, We can install metadata-json-lint using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install metadata-json-lintInstall metadata-json-lint Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt updateAfter updating apt database, We can install metadata-json-lint using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install metadata-json-lintInstall metadata-json-lint Using aptitude
If you want to follow this method, you might need to install aptitude on Kali Linux first since aptitude is usually not installed by default on Kali Linux. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude updateAfter updating apt database, We can install metadata-json-lint using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install metadata-json-lintHow To Uninstall metadata-json-lint on Kali Linux
To uninstall only the metadata-json-lint package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove metadata-json-lintUninstall metadata-json-lint And Its Dependencies
To uninstall metadata-json-lint and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Kali Linux, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove metadata-json-lintRemove metadata-json-lint Configurations and Data
To remove metadata-json-lint configuration and data from Kali Linux we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge metadata-json-lintRemove metadata-json-lint configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove metadata-json-lint configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge metadata-json-lintDependencies
metadata-json-lint have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install metadata-json-lint package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
