How To Install ruby-gitlab-license-finder 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 ruby-gitlab-license-finder on Ubuntu.
What is ruby-gitlab-license-finder
ruby-gitlab-license-finder is:
LicenseFinder works with your package managers to find dependencies, detect the licenses of the packages in them, compare those licenses against a user-defined list of permitted licenses, and give you an actionable exception report.
This is a fork of license-finder gem by Gitlab Inc for integrating with gitlab.
There are three methods to install ruby-gitlab-license-finder 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 ruby-gitlab-license-finder 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-gitlab-license-finder using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ruby-gitlab-license-finder
Install ruby-gitlab-license-finder Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ruby-gitlab-license-finder using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ruby-gitlab-license-finder
Install ruby-gitlab-license-finder 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-gitlab-license-finder using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ruby-gitlab-license-finder
How To Uninstall ruby-gitlab-license-finder on Ubuntu
To uninstall only the ruby-gitlab-license-finder package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ruby-gitlab-license-finder
Uninstall ruby-gitlab-license-finder And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ruby-gitlab-license-finder and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ruby-gitlab-license-finder
Remove ruby-gitlab-license-finder Configurations and Data
To remove ruby-gitlab-license-finder configuration and data from Ubuntu we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ruby-gitlab-license-finder
Remove ruby-gitlab-license-finder configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ruby-gitlab-license-finder configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ruby-gitlab-license-finder
Dependencies
ruby-gitlab-license-finder have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ruby-gitlab-license-finder package on Ubuntu using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.