How To Install bls-standalone on Ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install bls-standalone on Ubuntu 22.04. bls-standalone is standalone build log scanner

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install bls-standalone on Ubuntu 22.04.

What is bls-standalone

bls-standalone is:

This package includes stand-alone version of the build-log-scanner as found on http://qa.debian.org/bls/.

It includes the scanning engine and (hopefully not too outdated) rules to check for and a helper script to better read the results.

There are three methods to install bls-standalone 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 bls-standalone Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install bls-standalone using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install bls-standalone

Install bls-standalone Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install bls-standalone using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install bls-standalone

Install bls-standalone 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 bls-standalone using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install bls-standalone

How To Uninstall bls-standalone on Ubuntu 22.04

To uninstall only the bls-standalone package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove bls-standalone

Uninstall bls-standalone And Its Dependencies

To uninstall bls-standalone and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove bls-standalone

Remove bls-standalone Configurations and Data

To remove bls-standalone configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge bls-standalone

Remove bls-standalone configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove bls-standalone configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge bls-standalone

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install bls-standalone package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.