How To Install ruby-spdx-licenses on Kali Linux

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-spdx-licenses on Kali Linux.

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 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 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 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 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 Kali Linux

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 Kali Linux, 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 Kali Linux 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

Dependencies

ruby-spdx-licenses have the following dependencies:

References

• ruby-spdx-licenses website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-spdx-licenses package on Kali Linux using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.