How To Install irony-server on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install irony-server on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is irony-server
irony-server is:
irony-mode is an Emacs minor-mode that aims at improving the editing experience for the C, C++ and Objective-C languages. It works by using a combination of an Emacs package and a C++ program (irony-server) that uses libclang.
This package contains the architecture-specific irony-server.
There are three methods to install irony-server 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 irony-server Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install irony-server using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install irony-server
Install irony-server Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install irony-server using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install irony-server
Install irony-server 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 irony-server using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install irony-server
How To Uninstall irony-server on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the irony-server package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove irony-server
Uninstall irony-server And Its Dependencies
To uninstall irony-server and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove irony-server
Remove irony-server Configurations and Data
To remove irony-server configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge irony-server
Remove irony-server configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove irony-server configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge irony-server
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install irony-server package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
