How To Install python-rope on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-rope on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python-rope
python-rope is:
Rope is a Python refactoring library that can be used with several editors and IDEs. It provides many refactoring operations as well as forms of code assistance like auto-completion and access to documentation. To make use of refactoring in Mercurial, Git and Svn repositories, the recommended packages must be installed. For a complete list of features, see the project homepage.
In Debian, this package is used by the Python-ropemacs package, an Emacs mode that adds Python refactoring and IDE features to the Emacs editor.
This provides the Python 2 version of the library.
There are three methods to install python-rope 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-rope 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-rope using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python-rope
Install python-rope Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python-rope using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python-rope
Install python-rope 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-rope using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python-rope
How To Uninstall python-rope on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python-rope package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python-rope
Uninstall python-rope And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python-rope and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python-rope
Remove python-rope Configurations and Data
To remove python-rope configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python-rope
Remove python-rope configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python-rope configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python-rope
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python-rope package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
