How To Install codesearch on Ubuntu 20.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install codesearch on Ubuntu 20.04.
What is codesearch
codesearch is:
Code Search is a tool for indexing and then performing regular expression searches over large bodies of source code. It is a set of command-line programs written in Go.
For background and an overview of the commands, see Regular Expression Matching with a Trigram Index: http://swtch.com/~rsc/regexp/regexp4.html
There are three methods to install codesearch on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install codesearch Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install codesearch using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install codesearch
Install codesearch Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install codesearch using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install codesearch
Install codesearch 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 codesearch using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install codesearch
How To Uninstall codesearch on Ubuntu 20.04
To uninstall only the codesearch package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove codesearch
Uninstall codesearch And Its Dependencies
To uninstall codesearch and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove codesearch
Remove codesearch Configurations and Data
To remove codesearch configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge codesearch
Remove codesearch configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove codesearch configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge codesearch
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install codesearch package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
