How To Install hothasktags on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install hothasktags on Debian 9. hothasktags is Haskell ctags generator

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install hothasktags on Debian 9.

What is hothasktags

hothasktags is:

hothasktags generates ctags files for Haskell, with knowledge of import lists and qualified imports. It provides a smart go-to-definition for Vim, that almost always gets it right in the presence of multiple names from different modules.

There are three methods to install hothasktags 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 hothasktags Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install hothasktags

Install hothasktags Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install hothasktags using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install hothasktags

Install hothasktags 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 hothasktags using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install hothasktags

How To Uninstall hothasktags on Debian 9

To uninstall only the hothasktags package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove hothasktags

Uninstall hothasktags And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove hothasktags

Remove hothasktags Configurations and Data

To remove hothasktags configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge hothasktags

Remove hothasktags configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge hothasktags

Dependencies

hothasktags have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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