How To Install ruby-knife-acl on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-knife-acl on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is ruby-knife-acl
ruby-knife-acl is:
Chef has ACLs for each object it manages. These aren’t configurable through knife built-ins.
This package adds the “knife acl” series of commands for managing them.
There are three methods to install ruby-knife-acl on Ubuntu 18.04. 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-knife-acl 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-knife-acl using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-knife-acl
Install ruby-knife-acl Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-knife-acl using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-knife-acl
Install ruby-knife-acl 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-knife-acl using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-knife-acl
How To Uninstall ruby-knife-acl on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the ruby-knife-acl package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-knife-acl
Uninstall ruby-knife-acl And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-knife-acl and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-knife-acl
Remove ruby-knife-acl Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-knife-acl configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-knife-acl
Remove ruby-knife-acl configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-knife-acl configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-knife-acl
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-knife-acl package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
