How To Install eclipse-emf-examples on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial we learn how to install eclipse-emf-examples on Ubuntu 18.04. eclipse-emf-examples is Eclipse EMF examples

Introduction

In this tutorial we learn how to install eclipse-emf-examples on Ubuntu 18.04.

What is eclipse-emf-examples

eclipse-emf-examples is:

Installable versions of the example projects from the SDKs that demonstrate how to use the Eclipse Modeling Framework (EMF) plugin.

There are three methods to install eclipse-emf-examples 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 eclipse-emf-examples Using apt-get

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

sudo apt-get update

After updating apt database, We can install eclipse-emf-examples using apt-get by running the following command:

sudo apt-get -y install eclipse-emf-examples

Install eclipse-emf-examples Using apt

Update apt database with apt using the following command.

sudo apt update

After updating apt database, We can install eclipse-emf-examples using apt by running the following command:

sudo apt -y install eclipse-emf-examples

Install eclipse-emf-examples 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 eclipse-emf-examples using aptitude by running the following command:

sudo aptitude -y install eclipse-emf-examples

How To Uninstall eclipse-emf-examples on Ubuntu 18.04

To uninstall only the eclipse-emf-examples package we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get remove eclipse-emf-examples

Uninstall eclipse-emf-examples And Its Dependencies

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

sudo apt-get -y autoremove eclipse-emf-examples

Remove eclipse-emf-examples Configurations and Data

To remove eclipse-emf-examples configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y purge eclipse-emf-examples

Remove eclipse-emf-examples configuration, data, and all of its dependencies

We can use the following command to remove eclipse-emf-examples configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:

sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge eclipse-emf-examples

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Summary

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