How To Install python-pyflakes on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pyflakes
on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-pyflakes
python-pyflakes is:
Pyflakes is program to analyze Python programs and detect various errors. It works by parsing the source file, not importing it, so it is safe to use on modules with side effects. It’s also much faster.
Unlike PyLint, Pyflakes checks only for logical errors in programs; it does not perform any checks on style.
This is the Python 2 library version.
There are three methods to install python-pyflakes
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 python-pyflakes 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-pyflakes
using apt-get
by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-pyflakes
Install python-pyflakes Using apt
Update apt database with apt
using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-pyflakes
using apt
by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-pyflakes
Install python-pyflakes 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-pyflakes
using aptitude
by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-pyflakes
How To Uninstall python-pyflakes on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-pyflakes
package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-pyflakes
Uninstall python-pyflakes And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-pyflakes
and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-pyflakes
Remove python-pyflakes Configurations and Data
To remove python-pyflakes
configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-pyflakes
Remove python-pyflakes configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-pyflakes
configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-pyflakes
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-pyflakes
package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt
, apt-get
and aptitude
.