How To Install python-ropemacs on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-ropemacs on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-ropemacs
python-ropemacs is:
Rope is a Python library that can be used with several editors and IDEs. It provides many refactoring operations as well as forms of code assistance like auto-completion and access to documentation. For a complete list of features, see the project homepage.
This package provides the features of the python-rope library through a Emacs minor mode (on top of the Python mode) using the pymacs package.
There are three methods to install python-ropemacs on Ubuntu 18.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install python-ropemacs Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install python-ropemacs using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-ropemacs
Install python-ropemacs Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-ropemacs using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-ropemacs
Install python-ropemacs 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 python-ropemacs using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-ropemacs
How To Uninstall python-ropemacs on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-ropemacs package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-ropemacs
Uninstall python-ropemacs And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-ropemacs and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-ropemacs
Remove python-ropemacs Configurations and Data
To remove python-ropemacs configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-ropemacs
Remove python-ropemacs configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-ropemacs configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-ropemacs
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-ropemacs package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
