How To Install python-pocket-lint on Ubuntu 20.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pocket-lint on Ubuntu 20.04. python-pocket-lint is composite linter and style checker

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pocket-lint on Ubuntu 20.04.

What is python-pocket-lint

python-pocket-lint is:

Pocket-lint has several notable features:

  • Provides a consistent report of issues raised by the subordinate checkers.
  • Alternate Reports can be written to change the report, or integrate the report into another application.
  • Supports checking of multiple source types
  • Python syntax and style
  • Python doctest style
  • XML/HTML style and entities
  • CSS style
  • JavaScript syntax and style
  • Plain text
  • Supports reporting
  • Python doctests
  • CSS
  • XML/HTML

There are three methods to install python-pocket-lint on Ubuntu 20.04. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.

Install python-pocket-lint 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-pocket-lint using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install python-pocket-lint

Install python-pocket-lint Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

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

sudo apt -y install python-pocket-lint

Install python-pocket-lint 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 python-pocket-lint using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install python-pocket-lint

How To Uninstall python-pocket-lint on Ubuntu 20.04

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

sudo apt-get remove python-pocket-lint

Uninstall python-pocket-lint And Its Dependencies

To uninstall python-pocket-lint and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 20.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pocket-lint

Remove python-pocket-lint Configurations and Data

To remove python-pocket-lint configuration and data from Ubuntu 20.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge python-pocket-lint

Remove python-pocket-lint configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-pocket-lint

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pocket-lint package on Ubuntu 20.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.