How To Install puppet-lint on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install puppet-lint on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is puppet-lint
puppet-lint is:
Checks your Puppet manifests against the Puppet Labs style guide and alerts you to any discrepancies.
This program checks spacing, indentation, whitespace, quoting, conditionals and classes. Ruby-Versions: all
There are three methods to install puppet-lint 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 puppet-lint Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install puppet-lint using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install puppet-lint
Install puppet-lint Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install puppet-lint using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install puppet-lint
Install puppet-lint 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 puppet-lint using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install puppet-lint
How To Uninstall puppet-lint on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the puppet-lint package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove puppet-lint
Uninstall puppet-lint And Its Dependencies
To uninstall puppet-lint and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove puppet-lint
Remove puppet-lint Configurations and Data
To remove puppet-lint configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge puppet-lint
Remove puppet-lint configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove puppet-lint configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge puppet-lint
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install puppet-lint package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.