How To Install pleiades on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install pleiades on Ubuntu 18.04. pleiades is Japanese translation plug-in for Eclipse using dynamic AOP

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install pleiades on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is pleiades

pleiades is:

Pleiades is a dynamic Aspect-Oriented Programming translation layer for the Eclipse platform and many of its plug-ins. It uses a Japanese glossary to provide side-by-side English/Japanese property resource bundles.

There are three methods to install pleiades 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 pleiades Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pleiades

Install pleiades Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install pleiades using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install pleiades

Install pleiades 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 pleiades using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pleiades

How To Uninstall pleiades on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the pleiades package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove pleiades

Uninstall pleiades And Its Dependencies

To uninstall pleiades and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pleiades

Remove pleiades Configurations and Data

To remove pleiades configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge pleiades

Remove pleiades configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pleiades

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install pleiades package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.