Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install ansible-lint on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is ansible-lint
ansible-lint is:
Ansible playbooks express configuration, deployment and orchestration in YAML
format. They can describe a policy you want your remote systems to enforce,
or a set of steps in a general IT process.
ansible-lint checks Ansible playbooks for practices and behaviour that could
potentially be improved.
There are three methods to install ansible-lint 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 ansible-lint Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install ansible-lint using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install ansible-lint
Install ansible-lint Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install ansible-lint using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install ansible-lint
Install ansible-lint 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 ansible-lint using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install ansible-lint
How To Uninstall ansible-lint on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the ansible-lint package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove ansible-lint
Uninstall ansible-lint And Its Dependencies
To uninstall ansible-lint and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove ansible-lint
Remove ansible-lint Configurations and Data
To remove ansible-lint configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge ansible-lint
Remove ansible-lint configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove ansible-lint configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ansible-lint
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install ansible-lint package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
