How To Install codequery on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install codequery on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is codequery
codequery is:
This is a tool to index, then query or search C, C++, Java, Python, Ruby, Go and Javascript source code.
It builds upon the databases of cscope and Exuberant ctags.
The databases of cscope and ctags would be processed by the cqmakedb tool to generate the CodeQuery database file.
The CodeQuery database file can be viewed and queried using the codequery GUI tool.
There are three methods to install codequery 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 codequery Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install codequery using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install codequery
Install codequery Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install codequery using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install codequery
Install codequery 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 codequery using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install codequery
How To Uninstall codequery on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the codequery package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove codequery
Uninstall codequery And Its Dependencies
To uninstall codequery and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove codequery
Remove codequery Configurations and Data
To remove codequery configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge codequery
Remove codequery configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove codequery configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge codequery
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install codequery package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.