How To Install eclipse-pde on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction
In this tutorial we learn how to install eclipse-pde on Ubuntu 18.04.
What is eclipse-pde
eclipse-pde is:
The Eclipse Platform is an open and extensible platform for anything and yet nothing in particular. It provides a foundation for constructing and running integrated software-development tools. The Eclipse Platform allows tool builders to independently develop tools that integrate with other people’s tools so seamlessly you can’t tell where one tool ends and another starts.
This package provides tools for easy development of plug-ins for Eclipse.
There are three methods to install eclipse-pde 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-pde 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-pde using apt-get by running the following command:
sudo apt-get -y install eclipse-pde
Install eclipse-pde Using apt
Update apt database with apt using the following command.
sudo apt update
After updating apt database, We can install eclipse-pde using apt by running the following command:
sudo apt -y install eclipse-pde
Install eclipse-pde 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-pde using aptitude by running the following command:
sudo aptitude -y install eclipse-pde
How To Uninstall eclipse-pde on Ubuntu 18.04
To uninstall only the eclipse-pde package we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get remove eclipse-pde
Uninstall eclipse-pde And Its Dependencies
To uninstall eclipse-pde and its dependencies that are no longer needed by Ubuntu 18.04, we can use the command below:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove eclipse-pde
Remove eclipse-pde Configurations and Data
To remove eclipse-pde configuration and data from Ubuntu 18.04 we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y purge eclipse-pde
Remove eclipse-pde configuration, data, and all of its dependencies
We can use the following command to remove eclipse-pde configurations, data and all of its dependencies, we can use the following command:
sudo apt-get -y autoremove --purge eclipse-pde
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Summary
In this tutorial we learn how to install eclipse-pde package on Ubuntu 18.04 using different package management tools: apt, apt-get and aptitude.
