How To Install ruby-serverspec on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-serverspec on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is ruby-serverspec
ruby-serverspec is:
With serverspec, you can write RSpec tests for checking your servers are configured correctly.
Serverspec tests your servers’ actual state through SSH access, so you don’t need to install any agent software on your servers and can use any configuration management tools, Puppet, Chef, CFEngine and so on. Ruby-Versions: all
There are three methods to install ruby-serverspec 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 ruby-serverspec 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-serverspec using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-serverspec
Install ruby-serverspec Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-serverspec using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-serverspec
Install ruby-serverspec 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-serverspec using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-serverspec
How To Uninstall ruby-serverspec on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the ruby-serverspec package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-serverspec
Uninstall ruby-serverspec And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-serverspec and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-serverspec
Remove ruby-serverspec Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-serverspec configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-serverspec
Remove ruby-serverspec configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-serverspec configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-serverspec
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-serverspec package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
