How To Install python3-flake8 on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-flake8 on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is python3-flake8
python3-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 3 module bindings only.
There are three methods to install python3-flake8 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 python3-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 python3-flake8 using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install python3-flake8
Install python3-flake8 Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-flake8 using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install python3-flake8
Install python3-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 Ubuntu. Update apt database with aptitude using the following command.
sudo aptitude update
After updating apt database, We can install python3-flake8 using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install python3-flake8
How To Uninstall python3-flake8 on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the python3-flake8 package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove python3-flake8
Uninstall python3-flake8 And Its Dependencies
To uninstall python3-flake8 and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove python3-flake8
Remove python3-flake8 Configurations and Data
To remove python3-flake8 configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge python3-flake8
Remove python3-flake8 configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove python3-flake8 configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge python3-flake8
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install python3-flake8 package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
