How To Install python-flake8 on Debian 9

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-flake8 on Debian 9. python-flake8 is code checker using pycodestyle and pyflakes - Python 2.x

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-flake8 on Debian 9.

What is `python-flake8`

python-flake8 is:

Flake8 is a wrapper around PyFlakes, pycodestyle, and Ned’s McCabe script. Flake8 runs all tools by launching the single ‘flake8’ script, but ignores pycodestyle and PyFlakes extended options and just uses defaults. It displays the warnings in a per-file, merged output.

This package provides Python 2 module bindings only.

There are three methods to install python-flake8 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 python-flake8 Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install python-flake8 using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-flake8

Install python-flake8 Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install python-flake8 using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install python-flake8

Install python-flake8 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 python-flake8 using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-flake8

How To Uninstall python-flake8 on Debian 9

To uninstall only the python-flake8 package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove python-flake8

Uninstall python-flake8 And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-flake8 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 9, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-flake8

Remove python-flake8 Configurations and Data

To remove python-flake8 configuration and data from Debian 9 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-flake8

Remove python-flake8 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove python-flake8 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-flake8

Dependencies

python-flake8 have the following dependencies:

References

python-flake8 website

Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-flake8 package on Debian 9 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.