Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install gant on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is gant
gant is:
Gant is a build tool for scripting Ant tasks using Groovy instead of
XML to specify the build logic. A Gant build specification is a
Groovy script and so can bring all the power of Groovy to bear
directly, something not possible with Ant scripts. Whilst it might be
seen as a competitor to Ant, Gant uses Ant tasks for many of the
actions, so Gant is really an alternative way of doing builds using
Ant, but using a programming language rather than XML to specify the
build rules.
There are three methods to install gant 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 gant Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install gant using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install gant
Install gant Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install gant using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install gant
Install gant 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 gant using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install gant
How To Uninstall gant on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the gant package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove gant
Uninstall gant And Its Dependencies
To uninstall gant and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove gant
Remove gant Configurations and Data
To remove gant configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge gant
Remove gant configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove gant configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge gant
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install gant package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
