How To Install ecere-sdk on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install ecere-sdk on Ubuntu 18.04. ecere-sdk is Ecere cross-platform SDK

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install ecere-sdk on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is ecere-sdk

ecere-sdk is:

This package is a metapackage providing the entire Ecere cross-platform SDK (ecere-dev, ecere-samples, ecere-extras, libeda0, libedasqlite0).

There are three methods to install ecere-sdk 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 ecere-sdk Using apt-get

Update apt database with apt-get using the following command.

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install ecere-sdk using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install ecere-sdk

Install ecere-sdk Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install ecere-sdk using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install ecere-sdk

Install ecere-sdk 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 ecere-sdk using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install ecere-sdk

How To Uninstall ecere-sdk on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the ecere-sdk package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove ecere-sdk

Uninstall ecere-sdk And Its Dependencies

To uninstall ecere-sdk and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove ecere-sdk

Remove ecere-sdk Configurations and Data

To remove ecere-sdk configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge ecere-sdk

Remove ecere-sdk configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove ecere-sdk configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge ecere-sdk

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Summary

In this tutorial we learn how to install ecere-sdk package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.