How To Install reuse on Ubuntu

Posted on April 1, 2023 (Last modified on May 20, 2023 )

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Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install reuse on Ubuntu.

What is `reuse`

reuse is:

Managing copyright and licensing is difficult, especially when reusing software from different projects that are released under various different licenses. REUSE was started by the Free Software Foundation Europe (FSFE) to provide a set of recommendations to make licensing your Free Software projects easier. Not only do these recommendations make it easier for you to declare the licenses under which your works are released, but they also make it easier for a computer to understand how your project is licensed.

This package contains a tool for checking and helping with compliance with the REUSE recommendations.

There are three methods to install reuse on Ubuntu. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install reuse Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install reuse

Install reuse Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install reuse using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install reuse

Install reuse 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 reuse using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install reuse

How To Uninstall reuse on Ubuntu

To uninstall only the reuse package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove reuse

Uninstall reuse And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove reuse

Remove reuse Configurations and Data

To remove reuse configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge reuse

Remove reuse configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge reuse

Dependencies

reuse have the following dependencies:

References

reuse website

Summary

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