How To Install yapf on Debian 10

Learn how to install yapf on Debian 10 with this tutorial. yapf is Python code formatter for different styles (Python 2)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install yapf on Debian 10.

What is yapf

yapf is:

Yapf is a tool that reformats code to the best formatting that conforms to the style guide. It is not only concerned with lint errors, but also with the styilistic appearance of Python code. The idea is also similar to the ‘gofmt’ tool for the Go programming language. This package installs the tool for Python

This package provides the command-line interface for Python 2.

There are three methods to install yapf on Debian 10. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install yapf Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install yapf

Install yapf Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install yapf

Install yapf 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 yapf using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install yapf

How To Uninstall yapf on Debian 10

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

sudo apt-get remove yapf

Uninstall yapf And Its Dependencies

To uninstall yapf and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 10, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove yapf

Remove yapf Configurations and Data

To remove yapf configuration and data from Debian 10 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge yapf

Remove yapf configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge yapf

Dependencies

yapf have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install yapf package on Debian 10 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.