How To Install ninka on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ninka on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is ninka
ninka is:
Ninka is a lightweight license identification tool for source code. It is sentence-based, and provides a simple way to identify open source licenses in a source code file. It is capable of identifying several dozen different licenses (and their variations).
Ninka has been designed to be lightweight, fast and accurate.
This package contains the standard ninka application.
There are three methods to install ninka 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 ninka Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ninka using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ninka
Install ninka Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ninka using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ninka
Install ninka 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 ninka using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ninka
How To Uninstall ninka on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the ninka package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ninka
Uninstall ninka And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ninka and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ninka
Remove ninka Configurations and Data
To remove ninka configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ninka
Remove ninka configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ninka configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ninka
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ninka package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
