How To Install prospector on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install prospector on Debian 9. prospector is comprehensive static Python code analyzer

Introduction

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

What is prospector

prospector is:

Prospector analyzes Python source files and puts out information about coding errors, potential problems, convention violation and unnecessary complexity.

It provides an uniform and flexible interface for these tools:

  • Pylint (extensive Python code checker)
  • Pyflakes (checks Python code for logical errors)
  • Pycodestyle (checks for PEP-8 coding style conventions)
  • Pep8-naming (checks for PEP-8 naming conventions not covered by pycodestyle)
  • McCabe (checks for cyclomatic code complexity)
  • Pydocstyle (checks for compliance with the PEP-257 docstring conventions)
  • Dodgy (checks for hard coded passwords, VCS diff checkins etc.)
  • Vulture (scans Python programs for unused code)
  • Pyroma (Python packaging quality checker)

Prospector detects if code employs specific frameworks and libraries, and checks them by corresponding Pylint plugins:

  • Django (web application framework)
  • Celery (asynchronous task/job queue)
  • Flask (web application framework)

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install prospector

Install prospector Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install prospector

Install prospector 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 prospector using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install prospector

How To Uninstall prospector on Debian 9

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

sudo apt-get remove prospector

Uninstall prospector And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove prospector

Remove prospector Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge prospector

Remove prospector configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge prospector

Dependencies

prospector have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

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