How To Install universal-ctags on Debian 12
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install universal-ctags on Debian 12.
What is universal-ctags
universal-ctags is:
ctags parses source code and produces a sort of index mapping the names of significant entities (e.g. functions, classes, variables) to the location where that entity is defined. This index is used by editors like vi and emacsen to allow moving to the definition of a user-specified entity.
Universal Ctags is a fork of Exuberant Ctags that adds additional features as well as support for more languages.
There are three methods to install universal-ctags on Debian 12. We can use apt-get, apt and aptitude. In the following sections we will describe each method. You can choose one of them.
Install universal-ctags Using apt-get
Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.
sudo apt-get update
After updating apt database, We can install universal-ctags using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install universal-ctags
Install universal-ctags Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install universal-ctags using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install universal-ctags
Install universal-ctags 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 universal-ctags using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install universal-ctags
How To Uninstall universal-ctags on Debian 12
To uninstall only the universal-ctags package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove universal-ctags
Uninstall universal-ctags And Its Dependencies
To uninstall universal-ctags and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Debian 12, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove universal-ctags
Remove universal-ctags Configurations and Data
To remove universal-ctags configuration and data from Debian 12 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge universal-ctags
Remove universal-ctags configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove universal-ctags configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge universal-ctags
Dependencies
universal-ctags have the following dependencies:
References
Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install universal-ctags package on Debian 12 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
