How to Install and Uninstall licensecheck Package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Last updated: January 24,2025

1. Install "licensecheck" package

In this section, we are going to explain the necessary steps to install licensecheck on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
                licensecheck
            
                    
    
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2. Uninstall "licensecheck" package

Please follow the step by step instructions below to uninstall licensecheck on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
                licensecheck
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the licensecheck package on Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri)

Package: licensecheck
Architecture: all
Version: 3.1.1-2
Multi-Arch: foreign
Priority: optional
Section: admin
Origin: Ubuntu
Maintainer: Ubuntu Developers
Original-Maintainer: Debian Perl Group
Bugs: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+filebug
Installed-Size: 131
Depends: libarray-intspan-perl, libgetopt-long-descriptive-perl, liblist-someutils-perl, liblog-any-perl, liblog-any-adapter-screen-perl, libmoo-perl, libmoox-struct-perl, libnamespace-clean-perl, libpath-iterator-rule-perl, libpath-tiny-perl (>= 0.062), libpod-constants-perl, libre-engine-re2-perl, libregexp-pattern-license-perl (>= 3.4), libregexp-pattern-perl (>= 0.2.12), libscalar-list-utils-perl (>= 1:1.45) | perl (>= 5.25.1), libsort-key-perl, libstrictures-perl, libstring-copyright-perl, libstring-escape-perl, libtry-tiny-perl, perl:any
Suggests: bash-completion
Breaks: devscripts (<< 2.16.6~)
Replaces: devscripts (<< 2.16.6~)
Filename: pool/main/l/licensecheck/licensecheck_3.1.1-2_all.deb
Size: 36684
MD5sum: 9b36ff3f65a172100d718b705d6f2b51
SHA1: 772c71bf5380270911813eb568e585c10263b7e4
SHA256: 8c5e5d3a213090d57b349b9eeba12a745e62e4f24248d5b775214e1bff6707a8
SHA512: 7b23afcbc6bb185c1e59a026b05e4149aa3b4102e2923fc6a20fd952f2d629a2c4ef6d70591b13274c6dafa78f6f6d2dc9527d849335639454104937969c7a46
Homepage: https://metacpan.org/pod/App::Licensecheck
Description-en: simple license checker for source files
Licensecheck attempts to determine the license that applies to each
file passed to it, by searching the start of the file for text
belonging to various licenses.
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Support for bash tab-completion requires the package bash-completion.
Description-md5: 708b379f545d14631781ad4c5708dcff