How To Install ruby-chef-utils on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-chef-utils
on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is ruby-chef-utils
ruby-chef-utils is:
Chef is a systems integration framework and configuration management library written in Ruby. Chef provides a Ruby library and API that can be used to bring the benefits of configuration management to an entire infrastructure.
This package provides the chef-utils repackaged by Cinc project.
Cinc is a Free-as-in-Beer distribution of the open source software of Chef Software Inc.
There are three methods to install ruby-chef-utils
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-chef-utils 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-chef-utils
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-chef-utils
Install ruby-chef-utils Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-chef-utils
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-chef-utils
Install ruby-chef-utils 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-chef-utils
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-chef-utils
How To Uninstall ruby-chef-utils on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the ruby-chef-utils
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-chef-utils
Uninstall ruby-chef-utils And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-chef-utils
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-chef-utils
Remove ruby-chef-utils Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-chef-utils
configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-chef-utils
Remove ruby-chef-utils configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-chef-utils
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-chef-utils
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-chef-utils
package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.