How To Install eclipse-pde on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install eclipse-pde on Debian 9. eclipse-pde is Eclipse Plug-in Development Environment (PDE)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install eclipse-pde on Debian 9.

What is eclipse-pde

eclipse-pde is:

The Eclipse Platform is an open and extensible platform for anything and yet nothing in particular. It provides a foundation for constructing and running integrated software-development tools. The Eclipse Platform allows tool builders to independently develop tools that integrate with other people’s tools so seamlessly you can’t tell where one tool ends and another starts.

This package provides tools for easy development of plug-ins for Eclipse.

There are three methods to install eclipse-pde on Debian 9. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install eclipse-pde Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install eclipse-pde

Install eclipse-pde Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install eclipse-pde

Install eclipse-pde 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 Debian. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.

sudo aptitude update

After updating apt database, We can install eclipse-pde using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install eclipse-pde

How To Uninstall eclipse-pde on Debian 9

To uninstall only the eclipse-pde package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove eclipse-pde

Uninstall eclipse-pde And Its Dependencies

To uninstall eclipse-pde and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove eclipse-pde

Remove eclipse-pde Configurations and Data

To remove eclipse-pde configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge eclipse-pde

Remove eclipse-pde configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge eclipse-pde

Dependencies

eclipse-pde have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install eclipse-pde package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.