How To Install indent on Ubuntu 22.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install indent on Ubuntu 22.04.
What is indent
indent is:
The `indent’ program changes the appearance of a C program by inserting or deleting whitespace.
`indent’ also provides options for controlling the alignment of braces and declarations, program indenting, and other stylistic parameters, including formatting of both C and C++ comments.
There are three methods to install indent on Ubuntu 22.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install indent Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install indent using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install indent
Install indent Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install indent using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install indent
Install indent 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 indent using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install indent
How To Uninstall indent on Ubuntu 22.04
To uninstall only the indent package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove indent
Uninstall indent And Its Dependencies
To uninstall indent and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 22.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove indent
Remove indent Configurations and Data
To remove indent configuration and data from Ubuntu 22.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge indent
Remove indent configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove indent configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge indent
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install indent package on Ubuntu 22.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.