How To Install autodep8 on Debian 9
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install autodep8 on Debian 9.
What is autodep8
autodep8 is:
autodep8 will detect well-known types of packages and generate DEP-8-compliant test control files for them. It can be used by DEP-8 implementations to support implicit test control files.
Currently supported packages types:
- Ruby packages using gem2deb/gem2deb-test-runner
- Perl packages
- Python packages
- NodeJS packages
- Kernel module packages using DKMS
- R packages
- Emacs Lisp ELPA packages
There are three methods to install autodep8 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 autodep8 Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install autodep8 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install autodep8
Install autodep8 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install autodep8 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install autodep8
Install autodep8 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 autodep8 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install autodep8
How To Uninstall autodep8 on Debian 9
To uninstall only the autodep8 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove autodep8
Uninstall autodep8 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall autodep8 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove autodep8
Remove autodep8 Configurations and Data
To remove autodep8 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge autodep8
Remove autodep8 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove autodep8 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge autodep8
Dependencies
autodep8 have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install autodep8 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.