How To Install eclipse-pydev-data on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install eclipse-pydev-data on Debian 9. eclipse-pydev-data is Python IDE for Eclipse (data)

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install eclipse-pydev-data on Debian 9.

What is eclipse-pydev-data

eclipse-pydev-data is:

PyDev is a Python IDE for Eclipse, which may be used in Python, Jython and IronPython development.

It comes with many goodies such as:

  • Django integration
  • Code completion
  • Code completion with auto import
  • Syntax highlighting
  • Code analysis
  • Go to definition
  • Refactoring
  • Mark occurrences
  • Debugger
  • Remote debugger
  • Tokens browser
  • Interactive console
  • Unittest integration
  • Code coverage

This package contains the architecture-independent data files of PyDev.

There are three methods to install eclipse-pydev-data 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 eclipse-pydev-data Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install eclipse-pydev-data

Install eclipse-pydev-data Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install eclipse-pydev-data using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install eclipse-pydev-data

Install eclipse-pydev-data 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 eclipse-pydev-data using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install eclipse-pydev-data

How To Uninstall eclipse-pydev-data on Debian 9

To uninstall only the eclipse-pydev-data package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove eclipse-pydev-data

Uninstall eclipse-pydev-data And Its Dependencies

To uninstall eclipse-pydev-data and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove eclipse-pydev-data

Remove eclipse-pydev-data Configurations and Data

To remove eclipse-pydev-data configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge eclipse-pydev-data

Remove eclipse-pydev-data configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge eclipse-pydev-data

Dependencies

eclipse-pydev-data have the following dependencies:

References

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install eclipse-pydev-data package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.