How To Install pymetrics on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install pymetrics on Ubuntu 18.04. pymetrics is Python code metric reporting tool

Introduction

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

What is pymetrics

pymetrics is:

PyMetrics produces metrics for Python programs. Metrics include McCabe’s Cyclomatic Complexity metric, LoC, %Comments, etc. Users can also define their own metrics using data from PyMetrics. PyMetrics optionally outputs stdout, SQL command files and CSV

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

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

sudo apt-get update

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

sudo apt-get -y install pymetrics

Install pymetrics Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install pymetrics

Install pymetrics 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 pymetrics using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install pymetrics

How To Uninstall pymetrics on Ubuntu 18.04

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

sudo apt-get remove pymetrics

Uninstall pymetrics And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove pymetrics

Remove pymetrics Configurations and Data

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

sudo apt-get -y purge pymetrics

Remove pymetrics configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge pymetrics

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Summary

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